faenus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === fēnus, foenus === Etymology === From earlier fēnus. Possibly, from Proto-Italic *fēnos, from earlier *θēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(i)-n-os, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-, the same root of faenum, fēlīx, fēmina, fētus, thus lit. "that which is produced". Compare with the Ancient Greek use of τόκος (tókos). === Noun === faenus n (genitive faenoris); third declension interest (on capital); usury gain, profit, advantage (figurative) banking, moneylending (faenus exerceō: practice banking) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Synonyms ==== ūsūra ==== Derived terms ==== faenēbris faenerō === References === “faenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “faenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “faenus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.