- 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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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.2.22.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-08
It lays down that whatever has been done as a result of throwing someone into prison to extort something from him is completely invalid.
[PAULUS libro primo sententiarum.]
[PAULUS, Book I of the Opinions.]
Qui1 in carcerem quem detrusit, ut aliquid ei extorqueret, quidquid ob hanc causam factum est, nullius momenti2 est.
As for one who has thrown someone into prison to extort something from him, whatever has been done for this reason is of no importance.
- 4.2.22.prQui
The clause beginning with the relative pronoun Qui (Qui... detrusit) is grammatically in the nominative case, but as the main clause has its own subject (quidquid...), this Qui does not serve as the subject of the main verb. It functions as a nominative absolute or a kind of anacoluthon, introducing the topic: 'As for him who...'.
- 4.2.22.prnullius momenti
A genitive of quality (or value) used as a predicate with the copula est, meaning 'of no importance' or 'of no validity' (void).