- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-13
Gaius cites Labeo's view that a wage can be set for the slave or female slave themselves for their labor.
[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale.]
Sed ipsi seruo ancillaeue pro opera mercedem imponi1 posse Labeoni placet.2
But Labeo holds that a wage can be set for the slave himself or the female slave for their labor.
- 7.8.13.pripsi seruo ancillaeue ... mercedem imponi
The passive infinitive imponi (from imponere, to impose/set) takes the dative ipsi seruo ancillaeue ('on the slave himself or the female slave') and the subject accusative mercedem ('wage'). This indicates that Labeo allows setting a specific charge or wage on the slave's own labor, as opposed to leasing their services to a third party.
- 7.8.13.prLabeoni placet
The impersonal verb placet with the dative Labeoni means 'Labeo holds the opinion that...'. The subject of placet is the accusative and infinitive clause mercedem imponi posse ('that a wage can be imposed').