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LEM

ūsūra, ūsūrae

1 AV-

noun (f., 1^st declension)

a using, use, enjoyment
a use of money lent, loan
a payment for the use of money, interest, usury

Abbreviations

ūsūra ae, f 1 AV-, a using, use, enjoyment: huius lucis: unius usuram horae gladiatori dare.

—A use of money lent, loan: a publicanis pecuniam pro usurā auferre.

—A payment for the use of money, interest, usury: sine usuris creditae pecuniae, Cs.: certare cum usuris fructibus praediorum, i. e. to exhaust their estates in paying interest: aes alienum multiplicandis usuris crescere, N.