noun
ănătŏcismus
Meaning
- interest upon interest
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- anatocismus (ἀνατοκισμός) (Att. 5. 21. 11)
- compound interest.
ănătŏcismus, i, m., = ἀνατοκισμός,
I. interest upon interest, compound interest (twice in Cic.):
centesimae cum anatocismo anniversario, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 11; 5, 21, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4405.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
anatocismus ī, m
, ἀνατοκισμός, interest upon interest, compound interest.