- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- AI-generated (gemini-3.5-flash) — machine translation; may contain errors
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:2.12.5.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-29
This passage describes the custom that magistrates do not administer justice or make themselves available to the public on the day before the Kalends of January.
[ULPIANUS libro sexagensimo secundo ad edictum.]
[ULPIAN, On the Edict, book 62]
Pridie kalendas Ianuarias magistratus neque ius dicere, sed nec1 sui potestatem facere2 consuerunt.
On the day before the Kalends of January, magistrates are accustomed neither to administer justice, nor indeed to make themselves accessible.
- 2.12.5.prneque ... sed nec
A correlative structure meaning "neither... nor indeed...", emphasizing the second negative. sed nec is equivalent to sed etiam non or "and indeed not/not even," adding a stronger negative emphasis to the second term.
- 2.12.5.prsui potestatem facere
An idiomatic expression meaning "to make oneself accessible" or "to grant an audience/opportunity to approach." Here, sui is the genitive of the reflexive pronoun, functioning as an objective genitive modifying potestatem (power, opportunity). It refers to magistrates making themselves available to the public for legal or official requests.