usura

See also: ușura

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈsuɾa/ [uˈs̺u.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: u‧su‧ra

Noun

usura f (plural usuras)

1. usury

Further reading

• “usura”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈzu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: u‧sù‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin ūsūra (“use; enjoyment”), derived from ūsus, perfect passive participle of ūtor (“to use; to enjoy”).

Noun

usura f (plural usure)

1. (obsolete, finance) interest (price of credit)

   Synonym: interesse

2. (obsolete, finance) usury (practice of lending money at interest)
3. usury (exorbitant rate of interest in excess of any legal rates)

Derived terms

• usuraio
• usureggiare

 

Related terms

• usare
• uso
• usurario
• usuriere

 

Further reading

• usura¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French usure, derived from user (“to use”).

Noun

usura f (plural usure)

1. wear (damage caused by use over time)
2. (figurative) deterioration

Derived terms

• usurare

Related terms

• usurante
• usurato

 

Further reading

• usura² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

usura

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

Latin

Etymology

From ūtor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uːˈsuː.ra/, [uːˈs̠uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈsu.ra/, [uˈs̬uːrä]

Noun

ūsūra f (genitive ūsūrae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ūsūra	ūsūrae
genitive	ūsūrae	ūsūrārum
dative	ūsūrae	ūsūrīs
accusative	ūsūram	ūsūrās
ablative	ūsūrā	ūsūrīs
vocative	ūsūra	ūsūrae

Descendants

• English: usury
• French: usure
• Italian: usura
• Portuguese: usura
• Spanish: usura
• Serbo-Croatian: ušur

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
• usura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• üsüra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yˈzyra/

Noun

usura f (plural usure)

1. usury

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈzu.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: u‧su‧ra

Etymology 1

From Latin usura. Cognate with English usury.

Noun

usura f (plural usuras)

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

   Synonym: agiotagem

3. any exploitative transaction

Etymology 2

Verb

usura

1. inflection of usurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “usura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin usura. Cognate with English usury.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈsuɾa/ [uˈsu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: u‧su‧ra

Noun

usura f (plural usuras)

1. usury

Related terms

• usurero

 

Further reading

• “usura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28