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- Latin · derived frompoena culleī
- English todaypoena cullei
From Latin poena culleī (literally “punishment of the sack”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
poena cullei
Today it means: A form of execution in Ancient Rome consisting of being sewn up in a sack, sometimes with live animals, and then being thrown into water. Full definition →
Latin poena culleī