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Preservation of Senatorial Rank Despite Adoption

Explains that social status is not diminished by adoption, meaning a senator remains a senator even if adopted by a plebeian, and the same applies to a senator's son.

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[IDEM libro primo responsorum.]

[THE SAME, Opinions, book 1.]

§1.7.35.pr

​Per adoptionem dignitas non minuitur, sed augetur. unde senator etsi1 a plebeio adoptatus est, manet senator: similiter manet et2 senatoris filius.

​By adoption status is not diminished, but increased. Therefore, even if a senator is adopted by a plebeian, he remains a senator; likewise, the son of a senator also remains so.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 1.7.35.pretsi

    Concessive conjunction (even if / although). The verb in the subordinate clause is the perfect indicative 'adoptatus est', and its subject is the preceding noun 'senator'.

  2. 1.7.35.pret

    Here, 'et' functions adverbially ('also', 'even') modifying the immediately following subject 'senatoris filius', rather than as a coordinating conjunction ('and').

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.7.35.pr