- Source
- Digesta Iustiniani Augusti. Mommsen, Theodor & Krueger, Paul, editors. Berlin: Weidmann, 1870.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-11-14
On the question of whether a servitude can be established for water that has not yet appeared, Labeo denies the possibility, whereas Paulus counters that it can be granted by an agreement allowing search and subsequent conduction.
[LABEO libro primo pithanon a Paulo epitomatorum.]
[From Labeo’s “Pithana” (Plausible Views), Book 1, epitomized by Paulus]
Si qua aqua nondum apparet, eius iter ductus1 constitui non potest. PAULUS: immo puto idcirco id falsum esse, quia cedi2 potest, ut aquam quaereres et inuentam ducere liceret.3
If any water does not yet appear, the right of passage and conduit for it cannot be established. PAULUS: On the contrary, I think that this is false for this reason, because it can be granted that you may search for water and be permitted to conduct it when found.
- 8.5.21.preius iter ductus
The juxtaposition of the nouns iter (right of way for water) and ductus (right of conduit, short for aquaeductus), referring to the specific types of servitude relative to the preceding aqua.
- 8.5.21.prcedi
The present passive infinitive of cedere (to grant or establish a right by agreement). It functions with the impersonal cedi potest (it can be granted), taking the subsequent ut-clause (ut... liceret) as its subject-matter.
- 8.5.21.prquaereres... liceret
Subjunctive imperfect. Although the main verb puto is in the present tense, the contents of the agreement (the ut-clause) are treated as potential or prospective, resulting in a sequence of tenses aligned with a past or historical perspective.