Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1395.poena on page 1395
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poena penalty
poena is a Latin Noun that primarily means penalty.
Definitions for poena
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
penalty, punishment
English derivatives:
penal penalize penalty pain subpoena
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The penalty paid in satisfaction for an offence,punishment.
- 2
Satisfaction for an injury, revenge.
- 3
The disadvantage resulting from some action or situation, penalty, unpleasant consquence.
Sentences with poena
Latin to English
Vītam sine poenīs amāmus.Compare We like a life without punishments.
Sī īra valet, Ō mī fīlī, saepe errāmus et poenās damus.Compare If the anger is strong, oh my son , we often err and pay the penalty.
Abstulit hunc tandem Rufini poena tumultum absolvitque deos. Iam non ad culmina rerum iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altum, ut lapsu graviore ruant.Compare At last Rufinus' fate has dispelled this uncertainty and freed the gods from this imputation. No longer can I complain that the unrighteous man reaches the highest pinnacle of success. He is raised aloft that he may be hurled down in more headlong ruin.
Infelix est Mucius, quod dextra ignes hostium premit et ipse a se exigit errores sui poenas? Quod regem, quem armata manu non potuit, exusta fugat? Quid ergo? Felicior esset, si in sinu amicae foveret manum?Compare Is Mucius unfortunate because he grasps the flames of the enemy with his right hand and forces himself to pay the penalty of his mistake? Because with his charred hand he routs the king whom his armed hand he could not rout? Tell me, then, would he be happier if he were warming his hand in his mistress's bosom?
Unus ob hic factum dignus ille omnis poena puto.Compare For this one deed I count him deserving of every punishment.
Raro antecedentem scelestum deseruit pede Poena claudo.Compare Rarely has Punishment, thought halt of foot, left the track of the criminal in the way before her.
Nisi carenti doloribus morbisque, vita ipsa poena fiat.Compare Life itself becomes a punishment for those who are not free from pains and diseases.
Declension table for poena
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | poena | poenae |
| Gen. | poenae | poenārum |
| Dat. | poenae | poenīs |
| Acc. | poenam | poenās |
| Abl. | poenā | poenīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 14.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1395.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "poena, poenae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/poena-poenae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 14.poena, poenae on page 14
