(verb) : pūnĭoor (in archaic form) poenĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4 (sync.
* Imp. poenibat, Lucr. 6, 1238), , and pūnĭor (poen-), ītus, 4, v. dep. a. [poena].
* To inflict punishment upon, to punish (syn.: castigo, animadverto, plecto, multo).
* In act. form: peccata punimus,Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 66: punire sontes,id. Off. 1, 24, 82: Philemonem morte puniit,Suet. Caes. 74: alio punito,id. Calig. 30: lex omnis aut punit aut jubet, etc.,Quint. 7, 5, 5; cf. id. 7, 1, 48.—Pass.: tergo ac capite puniri,Liv. 3, 55 fin.; Ov. M. 9, 778.
* To take vengeance for, to avenge, revenge,= ulcisci (rare): Graeciae fana punire,Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15: iracundia est cupiditas puniendi doloris,id. de Or. 1, 51, 220: meam domum a judicibus puniendam putavit,Cic. Har. Resp. 8, 16.—Dep.: ut clarissimorum omnium crudelissimam puniretur necem,Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 7.
* In indeterm. form: ipse se puniens,Cic. Tusc. 3, 27, 65: prohibenda autem maxime est ira in puniendo,id. Off. 1, 25, 89 fin.

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