puniture
Dictionary entries
- Entry →punio, punire, punivi, punitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
punish (person/offense), inflict punishment; avenge, extract retribution;
voc. sg. fut. act. part.
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...ubique aliqua, hoc frequentissimum crimen nusquam punitur, ubique inprobatur; neque absoluimus illud, sed cum difficilis esset incertae..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...semper oriatur nouum, nec unum in uno, dumque punitur scelus, crescat. Superbis fratribus regna excidant repetantque profugos; dubia..." - M
II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...dimittit; testamentum tantummodo mutat, et parricida sola paupertate punitur. rogo, quis praecipitat, urget? adeone non potest fieri idem..."