I.a money-lender, usurer: “fenerator (only in Plautus),” Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 51; 2, 2, 67; id. Most. 3, 1, 6; id. Ps. 1, 3, 53; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 14.—Hence, dănīstĭcus , a, um, adj., = δανειστικός, money-lending, usurious: “genus hominum,” Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 129.
dănīsta , ae, m., = δανειστής,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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