Justinian I ―― The Digest of Justinian
§1.9.4.pr
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- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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Formulates the legal principle that whoever is unworthy of a lower rank or status is even more unworthy of a higher one.
[POMPONIUS libro duodecimo ex uariis lectionibus.]
[POMPONIUS, Various Readings, book 12]
§1.9.4.pr
Qui1 indignus est inferiore ordine,2 indignior est superiore.
He who is unworthy of a lower rank is even more unworthy of a higher one.
Syntax notes2 items
- 1.9.4.prQui
Relative pronoun with its antecedent (is) omitted, forming the subject clause of the entire sentence ("he who...").
- 1.9.4.prinferiore ordine
Ablative functioning as the complement of the adjective indignus (unworthy of). Similarly, superiore in the second half of the sentence is an ablative (with ordine omitted) acting as the complement of indignior.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:1.9.4.pr