- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:8.3.8.pr
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-14
Based on the Law of the Twelve Tables, this passage specifies the required minimum width of a highway for both straight sections and bends.
[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale.]
[GAIUS, On the Provincial Edict, Book 7]
Uiae latitudo ex lege duodecim tabularum in porrectum1 octo pedes habet,2 in anfractum, id est ubi flexum est, sedecim.
According to the Law of the Twelve Tables, the width of a highway is eight feet where it runs straight, and sixteen feet at a bend, that is, where it turns.
- 8.3.8.prin porrectum
A phrase combining the preposition in with the accusative of the substantivized neuter perfect participle porrectum (stretched out, straight), meaning "where it runs straight". It stands in contrast with the subsequent phrase in anfractum ("at a bend"), specifying the width based on the layout of the road.
- 8.3.8.procto pedes habet
The subject uiae latitudo (the width of a highway) takes the accusative of dimension octo pedes (eight feet) as the object of the transitive verb habet. This is a standard Latin construction for expressing dimensions. In the second part of the sentence, the verb habet is understood after sedecim.