- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.7.17.pr-1.7.17.5
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-22
This passage outlines the legal requirements and restrictions for adrogating a ward, specifically addressing the prevention of abuse by guardians, comparisons of wealth, character, age, existing children, and the provision of security.
[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo sexto ad Sabinum.]
[ULPIANUS in the twenty-sixth book on Sabinus.]
Nec ei permittitur adrogare, qui tutelam uel curam alicuius administrauit, si minor uiginti quinque annis sit qui adrogatur, ne forte eum ideo adroget, ne rationes reddat.1 item inquirendum est, ne forte turpis causa adrogandi subsit.
Nor is he permitted to adrogate who has administered the guardianship or curatorship of someone, if the person who is being adrogated is under twenty-five years of age, lest perhaps he might adrogate him for this reason, namely, that he might not render accounts. Likewise, it must be investigated lest perhaps some improper motive for adrogation lies underneath.
Eorum dumtaxat pupillorum adrogatio permittenda est his, qui uel naturali cognatione uel sanctissima affectione ducti adoptarent, ceterorum prohibenda, ne esset in potestate tutorum et finire tutelam et substitutionem a parente factam extinguere.2
The adrogation of only those wards should be permitted to persons who, led either by natural relationship or by the most sacred affection, would adopt; that of the others should be prohibited, lest it should be in the power of the guardians both to terminate the guardianship and to extinguish the substitution made by the parent.
Et primum quidem excutiendum erit, quae facultates pupilli sint et quae eius, qui adoptare eum uelit, ut aestimetur ex comparatione earum, an salubris adoptio possit pupillo intellegi: deinde cuius uitae sit is,3 qui uelit pupillum redigere in familiam suam: tertio cuius idem aetatis sit, ut aestimetur, an melius sit de liberis procreandis cogitare eum quam ex aliena familia quemquam redigere in potestatem suam.
And first of all, indeed, it will have to be examined what the resources of the ward are and what those of the person who wishes to adopt him, so that it may be estimated from a comparison of them whether a beneficial adoption can be understood for the ward; secondly, of what character of life he is who wishes to bring the ward into his family; thirdly, of what age the same person is, so that it may be estimated whether it is better for him to think about procreating children than to bring anyone from another family into his power.
Praeterea uidendum est, an non debeat permitti ei, qui uel unum habebit uel plures liberos, adoptare alium, ne aut illorum, quos iustis nuptiis procreauerit, deminuatur spes quam unusquisque liberorum obsequio paret sibi, aut qui adoptatus fuit minus percipiat quam dignum erit eum consequi.
In addition, it must be considered whether it ought not to be permitted to one who has either one or several children to adopt another, lest either the hope of those whom he has procreated in lawful wedlock, which each of the children prepares for himself by obedience, should be diminished, or the one who has been adopted should receive less than it will be fitting for him to obtain.
Interdum et ditiorem permittetur adoptare pauperiori,4 si uitae eius sobrietas clara sit uel affectio honesta nec incognita.
Sometimes even a poorer person will be permitted to adopt a wealthier one, if the sobriety of his life is clear or his affection is honorable and not unknown.
Satisdatio autem in his casibus dari solet.
Moreover, security is accustomed to be given in these cases.
- 1.7.17.prne forte eum ideo adroget, ne rationes reddat
The first "ne" introduces a negative purpose clause depending on the main verb "permittitur", while the second "ne" clause ("ne rationes reddat") explains the content of "ideo" (for the purpose of not rendering accounts). This forms a nested double negative purpose construction.
- 1.7.17.1ne esset in potestate tutorum et finire tutelam et substitutionem a parente factam extinguere
The two infinitive phrases connected by "et ... et ..." ("finire tutelam" and "extinguere...") function as the subject of "esset" used with "in potestate tutorum" (literally, "that both terminating ... and extinguishing ... should be in the power of the guardians").
- 1.7.17.2cuius uitae sit is
"cuius uitae" is a genitive of quality acting as a predicate ("of what character of life he is"). Similarly, "cuius aetatis" in the subsequent clause is also a genitive of quality.
- 1.7.17.4ditiorem permittetur adoptare pauperiori
"ditiorem" (accusative) is the subject of the infinitive "adoptare", while "pauperiori" (dative) expresses the recipient or person for whose benefit the adoption is made ("for a poorer person").
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-21)
- 2026-09-21 AI review — translation 1