faenĕror — Lewis & Short
faenĕror (less correctly fēn-, foen-), ātus sum, 1, v. dep., or (mostly post-Aug.), faenero, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.faenus.
I Prop., to lend on interest.
A Form faeneror.
1 With abl.:
pecunias istius extraordinarias grandes suo nomine faenerabatur,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 170: primum cum posita esset pecunia apud eas societates, binis centesimis faeneratus est, took two per cent. (per month, and consequently, according to our reckoning, twenty-four per cent. per annum), id. ib. 2, 3, 70, § 165.—
2 Absol.:
a quo (Catone) cum quaereretur, quid maxime in re familiari expediret? respondit: Bene pascere ... Et cum ille, qui quaesierat, dixisset: Quid faenerari? tum Cato: Quid hominem occidere?Cic. Off. 2, 25, 89; cf. Cato, R. R. praef. § 1.—
B Form faenero.
1 With sub and abl.:
pecuniam publicam sub usuris solitis,Dig. 22, 1, 11.—
2 In simple constr.:
pecuniam pupillarem,Dig. 26, 7, 46, § 2.—
3 Without object:
nil debet: faenerat immo magis,Mart. 1, 86, 4.—
C Part. perf.:
pecunia faenerata a tutoribus,Dig. 46, 3, 100; Pseudo Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin.—
II Meton.
A To drain by usury:
dimissiones libertorum ad faenerandas diripiendasque provincias,Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.—
B To borrow on interest:
si quis pecuniam dominicam a servo faeneratus esset,Dig. 46, 3, 35.—
C To lend, impart, furnish (post-Aug. and very rare):
sol suum lumen ceteris quoque sideribus faenerat,Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 13:
nummos habet arca Minervae: haec sapit, haec omnes faenerat una deos,Mart. 1, 77, 5.—
III Trop.
A Neque enim beneficium faeneramur, practise usury with benefits, Cic. Lael. 9, 31:
faeneratum istuc beneficium tibi pulchre dices,i. e. richly repaid, rewarded, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 8; cf. id. Ad. 2, 2, 11 Ruhnk.—
B Juba et Petreius mutuis vulneribus concurrerunt et mortes faeneraverunt, exchanged with usury, i. e. inflicted on each other, Sen. Suas. 7.