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Scope of Municipal Magistrates' Chastisement over Slaves

This section rules that municipal magistrates do not have the authority to inflict capital punishment on slaves, but they must be allowed the power to administer moderate chastisement.

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[ULPIANUS libro octauo decimo ad edictum.]

[ULPIANUS on the edict, book eighteenth.]

§2.1.12.pr

​Magistratibus municipalibus supplicium a seruo sumere1 non licet, modica autem castigatio eis2 non est deneganda.

​It is not allowed for municipal magistrates to inflict capital punishment on a slave, but moderate chastisement must not be denied to them.

Syntax notes2 items
  1. 2.1.12.prsupplicium a seruo sumere

    The phrase supplicium sumere ab aliquo is an idiomatic expression meaning "to inflict capital punishment on someone," where a seruo (from a slave) indicates the recipient of the punishment.

  2. 2.1.12.preis

    A pronoun in the dative case. It refers back to the magistratibus municipalibus (municipal magistrates) in the preceding clause, functioning as the dative object of the gerundive deneganda ("to them").

Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-07-12)urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.1.12.pr