- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:4.6.29.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-09
It states the general principle concerning absence on public duty, which is that public service should not result in either a loss or an unfair gain for anyone.
[AFRICANUS libro septimo quaestionum.]
[AFRICANUS in the seventh book of Questions.]
uidelicet ne cui officium publicum uel damno uel compendio sit.1
That is to say, so that public duty may not be a source of either loss or gain to anyone.
- 4.6.29.prcui officium publicum uel damno uel compendio sit
This is a 'double dative' construction, where the indefinite pronoun cui (with the prefix ali- dropped after ne) is the dative of interest/reference, and damno and compendio are datives of purpose/effect. It explains the rationale behind the fair treatment mentioned in the preceding text as a general principle that public duty should not cause loss (damnum) or yield gain (compendium) to anyone.