"Ris" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... an instance from jurisprudence. Poena, in classical Latin, means simply punishment, particularly what is either paid or suffered in order to atone for an injury. (Siinjuriam faxit alteri, viginti quinque ris poenoe sunto, fragm. xii. tab.) The word agrees so remarkably, both in form and meaning, with the Greek poin, that Mommsen assigned to it a place in what he calls Grco-Italic ideas.[5] We might suppose, therefore, that the ancient Italians took poena ...
— Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV - Essays chiefly on the Science of Language • Max Muller |
