Galician

Noun

usura f ‎(plural usuras)

1. usury

Italian

Etymology

Latin ūsūra

Pronunciation

• usura
• IPA^(key): /uˈzura/

Noun

usura f ‎(plural usure)

1. usury, leech
2. wear, threadbare

Related terms

(1)

• usuraio
• usurario
• usureggiare

(2)

• uso
• usurare

Verb

usura

1. third-person singular present indicative of usurare
2. second-person singular imperative of usurare

Latin

Etymology

From ūtor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uːˈsuː.ra/

Noun

ūsūra f ‎(genitive ūsūrae); first declension

1. use, enjoyment
2. interest (on a loan)

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• English: usury
• French: usure
• Italian: usura

References

• usura in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• usura in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “usura”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lend some one money (without interest): pecuniam alicui credere (sine fenore, usuris)
    
  • interest at 1 per cent per month, 12 per cent per annum: centesimae (sc. usurae) (Att. 5. 21. 11)
    
  • 6 per cent: usurae semissium (Colum.)
    
  • 6 per cent: usurae semisses (Jurists)
    
  • 3 per cent (a quarter of centesima): quadrantes usurae
    
  • 4 per cent: trientes or trientariae usurae (Att. 4. 15)
    
  • 5 per cent: quincunces usurae
    
  • monthly interest: usura menstrua
    
• usura in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Noun

usura f (plural usuras)

1. usury (exorbitant rate of interest)
2. (uncountable) usury (practice of lending money at exorbitant rates)

Synonyms

• (lending of money at exorbitant rates): agiotagem

Verb

usura

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of usurar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of usurar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin usura

Noun

usura f ‎(plural usuras)

1. usury

Related terms

• usurero