anatocismus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ănătŏcismus, i, m., = ἀνατοκισμός,

interest upon interest , compound interest (twice in Cic.): centesimae cum anatocismo anniversario, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11; 5, 21, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4405.

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