Latin

Alternative forms

• (of the spelling poena) poena, pœna
• (of the spelling pena) pēna, pęna

Noun

poena f ‎(genitive poenae); first declension

1. penalty
2. punishment
3. (figuratively) execution

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• poenās dare
• puniō
• subpoena

Related terms

• paeniteō

Descendants

References

• poena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• poena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• POENA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “poena”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to revenge oneself on some one: ulcisci aliquem, poenas expetere ab aliquo
    
  • to revenge oneself for a thing: ulcisci aliquid, poenas alicuius rei expetere
    
  • to revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf: poenas alicuius or alicuius rei repetere ab aliquo
    
  • to punish some one: poena afficere aliquem (Off. 2. 5. 18)
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: poenas alicuius persequi
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: poenam petere, repetere ab aliquo
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: poenas expetere ab aliquo
    
  • to ordain as punishment that..: hanc poenam constituere in aliquem, ut...
    
  • to be (heavily) punished by some one: poenas (graves) dare alicui
    
  • to be punished by some one (on account of a thing): poenas alicui pendere (alicuius rei)
    
  • to suffer punishment: poenas dependere, expendere, solvere, persolvere
    
  • to suffer punishment: poenam (alicuius rei) ferre, perferre
    
  • to be punished for a thing, expiate it: poenam luere (alicuius rei) (Sull. 27. 76)
    
  • to submit to a punishment: poenam subire
    
• poena in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• poena in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• poena in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• poena in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin