λῆμμα (lēmma)

anything received, income , (Aeschulus Tragicus); λ. καὶ ἀνάλωμα receipt and expense, (Plato Philosophus): generally, gain, profit , Lat. lucrum, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.; παντὸς ἥττων λήμματος unable to resist any temptation of gain , (Demosthenes Orator); often in plural, (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)