Papinian

American  

[puh-pin-ee-uhn] / pəˈpɪn i ən /

noun

1. Aemilius Papinianus, died a.d. 212, Roman jurist and writer.

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Example Sentences

The death of Papinian, the Prætorian Præfect, was lamented as a public calamity.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Milman, Henry Hart

The ground on which a sacred building is erected remains sacred even after the destruction of the building, as was declared also by Papinian.

From The Institutes of Justinian by Moyle, John Baron

But it was a period in which the Roman law was in its most flourishing and brilliant stage, under such men as Papinian, Ulpian, and others second only to these masters.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen

Papinian and Ulpian, the two foremost jurists of the reigns of Septimius and Alexander Severus, bear a reputation as high as that of any of their illustrious predecessors.

From Latin Literature by Mackail, J. W. (John William)

More than a third of the whole Pandects is from Ulpian, and next to him, the principal writers are Paulus, Papinian, Salvius Julianus, Pomponius, Q. Cervidius Scaevola, and Gaius.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John