faenebris

faenē̆bris (less correctly fēn-, foen-), e, adj. [faenus; cf. Paul. ex Fest. pp. 86 and 94],

• of or relating to interest or usury: leges, Liv. 35, 7: res, the matter of interest and debts, the relations between debtor and creditor, id. 7, 21: pecunia, lent on interest, Suet. Calig. 41: malum, Tac. 6, 16.

faenebris [CL] , (of money) lent at interest. J. Sal. Met. 831C (v. abaequare); suam nemo substantiam ‥ in damnum ~e [vv. ll. †funebre, fenori] donat Gir. DK II 5; de ~i pecunia illa ‥ a domo propria tam fraudulenter extorta Id. Symb. I 1 p. 210; si vero incertum sit, puta mando ut pecuniam ~em exerceas Vac. Lib. paup. 140; dedi tibi xxx ut eam peccuniam ~em exerceres usuris semissibus Ib. 161.

faenebris (fen-) e, adj.

• faenus, of interest, of usury: leges, L.: fenebrem rem levare, i. e. indebtedness, L.: malum, Ta.