foeneror

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 [p. 720] vulneribus concurrerunt et mortes faeneraverunt, exchanged with usury, i. e. inflicted on each other, Sen. Suas. 7.