- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
- Translation
- AI-generated (gemini-3.5-flash) — machine translation; may contain errors
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- CTS URN
- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:10.1.5.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-15
Explains why an action for regulating boundaries is not allowed when a river or public road intervenes, stating that what borders one's land is the road or river rather than the neighbor's field.
[IDEM libro quinto decimo ad Sabinum.]
[THE SAME, Book XV on Sabinus.]
quia magis in confinio meo uia publica uel flumen sit1 quam2 ager uicini.
because a public road or a river is rather in my boundary than the neighbor’s field.
- 10.1.5.prsit
The subjunctive sit is introduced by the causal conjunction quia. The use of the subjunctive instead of the indicative indicates that this is presented as a subjective or mediated reason behind the legal holding in the preceding section (10.1.4.10), explaining why a public road or river prevents the existence of a legally recognized "boundary."
- 10.1.5.prmagis ... quam
In the comparative construction magis ... quam ("rather ... than"), the elements being compared are uia publica uel flumen (a public road or a river) and ager uicini (the neighbor's field), in terms of their spatial relationship of being in confinio meo (in my boundary).