Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 233:8

מעיקרא סברי כרבי אבין דאמר רבי אבין זרק חץ מתחילת ארבע ולבסוף ארבע וקרע שיראין בהליכתו פטור שהרי עקירה צורך הנחה היא ומתחייב בנפשו

learnt: Originally it was said that [liability will attach] for defiling [<i>terumah</i>] or for mixing<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Git. 53a. ');">¹³</span> [it with unconsecrated grain], but it was subsequently laid down that it will also attach for vitiating [wine]. Now, this is so [only] because it was so laid down subsequently, whereas had it not been so stated subsequently this would not have been so. Is the reason for this not because we are unable to derive anything from a matter of mere fine? — No: originally the view of R. Abin was taken,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'maintained'. ');">⁷</span>

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