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

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

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

Among the most learned jurists of this era, were Caius Papinian, and Ulpian.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

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 History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 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