- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-07
Gaius states that the fear falling under the scope of this edict is not the subjective apprehension of a weak-minded person, but a serious fear that would reasonably affect even the most steadfast person.
[GAIUS libro quarto ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS, On the Provincial Edict, book 4]
Metum autem non uani hominis, sed qui merito et in homine constantissimo cadat,1 ad hoc edictum pertinere dicemus.2
But we shall say that the fear which pertains to this edict is not that of a fickle man, but such as may reasonably arise even in a most steadfast man.
- 4.2.6.prnon uani hominis, sed qui ... cadat
The genitive uani hominis and the relative clause qui ... cadat are contrastively coordinated by non... sed... to modify metum. The subjunctive cadat is a subjunctive of characteristic (or potential), describing the kind of fear that would affect even the most resolute person.
- 4.2.6.prdicemus
First-person plural future active indicative. Although literally 'we shall say', in juristic discourse it is commonly used to express a normative interpretation or legal guideline for future cases ('we should say', 'we will hold').