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poena (noun F) : Gr. ποινή, ἄποινα, quitmoney, fine; Lat. pūnio, poenitet
* Indemnification, compensation, satisfaction, expiation, punishment, penalty (cf. mulcta).
* Lit.: SI INIVRIAM FAXIT ALTERI VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tab.: mi calido das sanguine poenas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 101 Vahl.); imitated by Virgil: tu tamen interea calido mihi sanguine poenas Persolves amborum, Verg. A. 9, 422 Serv.: poenas justas et debitas solvere,Cic. Mil. 31, 85: poenas pendere,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 21; cf. id. As. 2, 4, 77: maximas poenas pendo temeritatis meae,Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1; cf.: rei publicae poenas aut morte aut exsilio dependere,id. Sest. 67, 140: poenas pro civibus suis capere,Sall. J. 68, 3: id pro immolatis in foro Tarquiniensium Romanis poenae redditum,Liv. 7, 19, 3: ut vobis victi Poeni poenas sufferant,Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 54: poenas sufferre,id. Am. 3, 4, 19: ob mortem alicujus poenas luere, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90: poenas pro aliquā re luere,Sen. Med. 925; Lact. 2, 7, 21; 4, 11, 11; 7, 11, 2: poenam dignam suo scelere suscipere, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: poenas a seditioso cive persequi,id. Fam. 1, 9: poenas doloris sui ab aliquo petere,id. Att. 1, 16, 7: repetere poenas ab aliquo,id. Rosc. Am. 24, 67: afficere aliquem poenā,id. Off. 2, 5, 18: multā et poenā multare aliquem,id. Balb. 18, 42: poena falsarum litterarum,id. Fl. 17, 39: reticentiae poena,id. Off. 3, 16, 65: poenas acquas irroget peccatis,Hor. S. 1, 3, 118: mediocrium delictorum poenae,Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3: poena nummaria, a fine, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 14, 2, 2; so, pecuniaria,Gai. Inst. 4, 111.
* Poena, the goddess of punishment or vengeance; in plur.: Poenae, the goddesses of vengeance, sometimes identified by the poets with the Furiae: o Poena, o Furia sociorum!Cic. Pis. 37, 91; cf.: saeva sororum Poena parens,Val. Fl. 1, 796; so in sing., Stat. Th. 8, 25; in plur., Cic. Clu. 61, 171; Luc. 6, 695; Varr. ap. Non. 390, 9; Val. Fl. 7, 147.
* Transf., hardship, torment, suffering, pain, etc. (postAug.): frugalitatem exigit philosophia, non poenam,Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59: captivitatis,Just. 11, 14, 11.—In plur.: in tantis vitae poenis,Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 27: balaenae pariendi poenis invalidae,id. 9, 6, 5, § 13: longa poenarum patientia,Just. 3, 5, 2: ebrius qui nullum forte cecidit, dat poenas,is in anguish,Juv. 3, 279.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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