faenus

Latin

Alternative forms

• fēnus

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-, the same root of faenum, fēlīx, fēmina, fētus, thus lit. "that which is produced". Confer with the Ancient Greek use of τόκος (tókos).

Noun

faenus n (genitive faenoris); third declension

1. interest (on capital); usury
2. gain, profit, advantage
3. (figurative) banking, moneylending (faenus exerceo: practice banking)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	faenus	faenora
Genitive	faenoris	faenorum
Dative	faenorī	faenoribus
Accusative	faenus	faenora
Ablative	faenore	faenoribus
Vocative	faenus	faenora

Synonyms

• ūsūra

Derived terms

• faenēbris
• faenerō

References

• “faenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “faenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• faenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.