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ēmŏlĭmentum, i, v. emolumentum.

ē-mōlĭor, ītus (inf. pass. parag. emolirier, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 2), 4, v. dep. a., to move out, bring out by effort (very rare): fretum (venti), to stir up, agitate, Sen. Agam. 476: nauseam pituitae per nares, Col. 8, 5, 21; cf. Cels. 4, 6: negotium, to effect, accomplish, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 2.

ē-mollĭo, ii, ītum, 4, v. a., to make soft, to soften (perh. not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.: humor arcus fundasque et jaculorum amenta emollierat, Liv. 37, 41; Cels. 8, 4: ova macerata, Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 167; 18, 7, 17, § 77; 20, 2, 6, § 11 al.
    1. B. Transf.: colores, to soften, make more delicate, Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 198.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In a good sense, to make mild or gentle, to mollify: mores, Ov. P. 2, 9, 48: severa praecepta, Aur. Vict. Epit. 48.
    2. B. In a bad sense, to enervate, render effeminate: exercitum (Capua), Liv. 27, 3; cf. id. 38, 49; Tac. H. 3, 2; id. Agr. 11: emollit gentes clementia caeli, Luc. 8, 565: auctoritatem principis, to weaken, Aur. Vict. Epit. 1.

ē-mŏlo, no perf., ĭtum, 3, v. a., to grind up.

  1. I. Lit.: hordeum, Veg. Vet. 5, 23, 7; Ambros. Ep. 64, 3; id. de Tob. 21, 83.
  2. II. Transf., to grind out, consume by grinding: granaria, Pers. 6, 26.

ēmŏlŭmentĭcĭus, a, um, adj. [emolumentum], relating to gain, terror, dread of losing profits, Cassiod. Var. 9, 6.

ēmŏlŭmentum or ēmŏlĭmentum (cf. monumentum), i, n. [emolior; lit., a working out; hence],

  1. I. A striving for success, i. e. effort, exertion, labor (cf. elaboro; rarely): neque enim magnum emolumentum esse potest, can present no great difficulty, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1 (but in Caes. B. G. 1, 34, the true reading is molimento).
    1. * B. Concr., a work, a building, etc.: vetera, Cod. Th. 15, 1, 19.
      Far more freq.,
  2. II. The attainment of success, i. e. gain, profit, advantage, benefit (syn.: lucrum, quaestus, compendium, commodum, fructus, reditus).
          1. (α) Absol.: et emolumenta et detrimenta (quae ὠφελήματα et βλάμματα appellant) communia esse voluerunt, Cic. Fin. 3, 21; so opp. detrimentum, id. 1, 16, 53; cf. opp. damnum, Suet. Aug. 25: nullum emolumentum esse, nullum injustitia partum praemium tantum, ut, etc., Cic. Rep. 3, 16 fin.; so with praemium, id. de Or. 2, 85, 346; cf. with utilitas, id. ib. 1, 8 fin.: boni nullo emolumento impelluntur in fraudem, id. Mil. 12, 32; cf. id. Font. 8, 17; id. Fin. 2, 18, 59; id. Fam. 7, 10 fin.; Liv. 5, 4; 6, 39; 21, 43; Quint. 3, 8, 7; * Lucr. 5, 166 et saep.; of persons: ut quam maximum emolumentum novis sociis esset, Liv. 22, 22, 7.
          2. (β) With gen.: emolumenta rerum fallacibus judiciis videntpoenam non vident, Cic. Off. 3, 8, 36: victoriae, Vell. 2, 105 fin.: belli, id. 2, 114, 4; Just. 9, 1, 2: pacis, Tac. A. 11, 7: ergastulorum, Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21: laborum, Juv. 3, 22: sacramentorum (with praemia), id. 16, 35 et saep.: honoris, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 68.