Pāpĭnĭānus

I. a celebrated Roman jurist under Septimius Severus, beheaded at the command of Caracalla, Spart. Sever. 21; Caracall. 4; 8.—Hence,

II. Pā-pĭnĭānista, ae, m., a follower or admirer of Papinian, Just. in Ep. praef. Dig. 2.