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faenerator

faenerator, a money-lender, capitalist, usurer

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faeneratores Noun: masculine nominative plural, Noun: masculine vocative plural, Noun: masculine accusative plural of faenerator

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faenĕrātor (less correctly fēn-, foen-), ōris, m. [faeneror],
  • one who lends on interest, a money-lender, capitalist; with an odious secondary idea, a usurer (class.): improbantur ii quaestus, qui in odia hominum incurrunt, ut portitorum, ut faeneratorum, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; Cato R. R. praef. § 1; Sall. C. 33, 1; Cic. Fam. 5, 6, 2; Hor. Epod. 2, 67; Suet. Tib. 48: acerbissimi, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 6.

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