POENA, poena
Sounds Like: POY-nah
Translations: penalty, punishment, pain, suffering, fine, recompense, a penalty, a punishment, a pain, a suffering, a fine, a recompense
From the root: POENA
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: Poena is a feminine noun of the first declension, primarily meaning 'penalty' or 'punishment'. It can also refer to 'pain' or 'suffering' in a broader sense, or a 'fine' as a form of legal penalty. It is commonly used in legal and moral contexts to denote the consequence of an action, often a negative one. For example, one might 'suffer a penalty' (poenam subire) or 'impose a punishment' (poenam imponere).
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, POENA.
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- POENAM — penalty, punishment, pain, a penalty, a punishment, a pain
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