servus poenae

Latin

Alternative forms

• serva poenae (feminine)
• poenae servus

Etymology

servus (“slave”) + genitive singular poena (“punishment”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈser.u̯us ˈpoe̯.nae̯/, [ˈs̠ɛru̯ʊs̠ ˈpoe̯näe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.vus ˈpe.ne/, [ˈsɛrvus ˈpɛːne]

Noun

servus poenae m (genitive servī poenae); second declension

1. penal slave, a man sentenced to slavery for a crime

Declension

Second-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.

	singular	plural
nominative	servus poenae	servī poenae
genitive	servī poenae	servōrum poenae
dative	servō poenae	servīs poenae
accusative	servum poenae	servōs poenae
ablative	servō poenae	servīs poenae
vocative	serve poenae	servī poenae

Related terms

• servitūs poenae
• servus vicārius

References

• “servus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SERVI POENAE in Rodriguez, Junius P., ed. The historical encyclopedia of world slavery. Vol. 2. ABC-CLIO, 1997, 577.