person
Fufidius
also: Fufidius
A grasping usurer, rich in land and loans, who charges crushing interest and preys on young heirs yet starves himself.
Reading notes
- The Satires §1.2 Fufidius
A grasping moneylender who charges five percent a month (sixty percent a year) and preys on young heirs newly come of age, yet starves himself — the miser as the opposite extreme to the spendthrift.