poena — Lewis & Short
poena, ae, f.Gr. poinh/, a)/poina, quitmoney, fine; Lat. pūnio, poenitet,
I indemnification, compensation, satisfaction, expiation, punishment, penalty (cf. mulcta).
I 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.—
B 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.—
II 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.