(v. dep.v. a.) : faenĕror (less correctly fēn-, foen-), ātus sum, 1, v. dep., or (mostly post-Aug.), faenero, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. faenus.
* Prop., to lend on interest.
* Form faeneror.
* Meton.
* Form faenero.
* Trop.
* Part. perf.: pecunia faenerata a tutoribus,Dig. 46, 3, 100; Pseudo Ascon. ad Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin.
* Without object: nil debet: faenerat immo magis,Mart. 1, 86, 4.
* To drain by usury: dimissiones libertorum ad faenerandas diripiendasque provincias,Cic. Par. 6, 2, 46.
* To borrow on interest: si quis pecuniam dominicam a servo faeneratus esset,Dig. 46, 3, 35.
* 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.
* 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.
* Juba et Petreius mutuis vulneribus concurrerunt et mortes faeneraverunt, exchanged with usury, i. e. inflicted on each other, Sen. Suas. 7.