ūsūra — Lewis & Short
ūsūra, ae, f.utor,
I a using, use, or enjoyment of a thing (class.).
I In gen.: solis usura, Att. ap. Non. 231, 4:
hujus lucis,Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48:
unius horae,id. Cat. 1, 12, 29:
parva exigui temporis,id. Agr. 3, 1, 2:
longi temporis,id. Fam. 3, 1, 1:
vitae,id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93: corporis, Plaut Am. prol. 108; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 144 gloriae, Vell. 2, 34, 2.—
II In partic., in mercantile lang., a use of money lent:
ab aliquo pecuniam pro usurā auferre,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 72, § 168.—
B Meton., interest paid for the use of money, usury (reckoned by the month among the Romans; cf.
fenus): lex, ut sexenni die sine usuris creditae pecuniae solvantur,Caes. B. C. 3, 21:
alicui usuram pendere,Cic. Att. 12, 22, 3:
usuras dare, accipere,Dig. 22, 1, 17:
usuram perscribere,Cic. Att. 9, 12, 3 minuere, Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 2:
vorax,Luc. 1, 181:
certare cum usuris fructibus praediorum,i. e. to spend the whole income of their estates in paying interest, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18:
neque aes alienum patiebatur multiplicandis usuris crescere,Nep. Att. 2, 5:
usura plurium annorum,Plin. Ep. 6, 8, 5: debitor usuram pariter sortemque negabit, Mart. 5, 43, 3; Suet. Aug. 39:
pecuniam sub usuris mutuam dare,Dig. 14, 6, 7, § 9.—
2 Transf., in gen., interest:
terra, quae numquam recusat imperium, nec umquam sine usurā reddit quod accepit, sed alias minore, plerumque majore cum fenore,Cic. Sen. 15, 51:
diutius servata usuram adiciunt,Varr. R. R. 1, 69, 1:
primā quāque occasione (litteras) mitte, appositis quidem usuris,Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 5:
has usuras voluptatium pendimus,Sen. Ep. 95, 23.