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quaestŭōsus, a, um, adj. [quaestus].

  1. I. Gainful, profitable, advantageous, lucrative, productive (class.; syn. lucrosus): ager, productive, fruitful, Cato, R. R. 1, 6: mercatura, Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 86; id. Fin. 5, 30, 91: quaestuosissima officina, id. Phil. 2, 14, 35: res Verri, id. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 46: uberrimus et quaestuosissimus annus, id. ib. 1, 14, 40: hoc multo est quaestuosius, quam, etc., id. Agr. 2, 25, 67: benignitas quaestuosior, id. ib. 1, 4, 10: edictum quaestuosissimum, id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36: insula quaestuosa margaritis, rich in, Plin. 6, 25, 28, § 110: emporium, Liv. 39, 15.
  2. II. That looks to one’s own gain, advantage, or profit, eager for gain: quaestuosus homo, Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49: gens, Curt. 4, 7, 19: nec satis in arte eā quaestuosus, Plin. 26, 3, 7, § 12: dummodo eam (mulierem) des, quae sit quaestuosa, i. e. a prostitute, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 190.
  3. III. That has great gain or profit, wealthy, rich: gens Syrtica navigiorum spoliis quaestuosa, Curt. 4, 7, 19: Graeci, Plin. 28, 4, 13, § 50: milites, Tac. A. 13, 35: quaestuosi et opulenti, id. ib. 12, 63.
    Adv.: quaestŭōsē, gainfully, advantageously, profitably (post-Aug.).
    Comp.: quaestuosius, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 56.
    Sup.: quaestuosissime, Sen. Ben. 4, 3, 3.