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

Perhaps, if the preceptors and friends of Cicero were still alive, our candor would acknowledge that, except in purity of language, their intrinsic merit was excelled by the school of Papinian and Ulpian.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

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

At his death two prefects were again appointed, one of whom was Papinian, the greatest of all Roman jurists.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

I was now to see what men might be whose fathers had never studied Virgil, had never been conquered by C�sar, and never been ruled by the wisdom of Gaius or Papinian.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis