- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-11
Gaius argues that one must not agree with parents who, corrupted by a stepmother's influence, leave testaments that do injustice to their own children.
[GAIUS libro singulari ad legem Glitiam.]
[GAIUS in his single book on the Glitian Law.]
Non est enim consentiendum parentibus,1 qui iniuriam aduersus liberos suos testamento inducunt: quod plerumque faciunt,2 maligne circa sanguinem suum inferentes iudicium,3 nouercalibus delenimentis instigationibusue corrupti.
For one must not yield to parents who introduce an injustice against their own children in their testament; which they usually do, corrupted by the blandishments or instigations of a stepmother, rendering a malevolent judgment regarding their own blood.
- 5.2.4.prNon est enim consentiendum parentibus
The phrase 'non est consentiendum' is an impersonal passive periphrastic construction of the intransitive verb 'consentio', expressing necessity or obligation ('one must not yield/agree'). 'parentibus' is the dative object governed by this construction.
- 5.2.4.prquod plerumque faciunt
The relative pronoun 'quod' (neuter singular accusative) is used transitionally to refer back to the action of the preceding clause ('iniuriam... inducere') and serves as the direct object of 'faciunt'.
- 5.2.4.prmaligne circa sanguinem suum inferentes iudicium
The present participle 'inferentes' (nominative plural masculine) agrees with the implied subject of 'faciunt' (the parents), describing an attendant circumstance. 'sanguinem suum' ('their own blood') is a metonymy for their biological children, and 'circa' is used here as a preposition meaning 'regarding' or 'concerning'.