- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-24
An exceptional rule allowing a proconsul to delegate jurisdiction before his arrival in the province, if he experiences an unavoidable delay on his journey while his deputy is to arrive ahead of him.
[PAPINIANUS libro primo quaestionum.]
[PAPINIANUS, from the first book of his Questions.]
Aliquando mandare iurisdictionem proconsul potest, etsi nondum in prouinciam peruenerit. quid enim si1 necessariam moram in itinere patiatur, maturissime autem legatus in prouinciam peruenturus sit?2
Sometimes a proconsul can delegate jurisdiction, even if he has not yet arrived in the province. For what if he should experience a necessary delay on his journey, while his deputy is to arrive in the province very promptly?
- 1.16.5.prquid enim si
An idiomatic expression introducing a rhetorical question, short for "quid fiet, si..." (what would happen if...). It means "for what if..." and introduces a concrete exceptional case to support the preceding statement.
- 1.16.5.prperuenturus sit
A future active periphrastic conjugational form, combining the future active participle of peruenio (peruenturus) with the present subjunctive of esse (sit). Used in the conditional si-clause, it coordinates with patiatur (present subjunctive) while expressing a future expectation or likelihood ("is to arrive").