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Theophrastus · Fragments §104.1

Property Rights of Those Convicted of Involuntary Homicide

Passage 109 of 196 · Greek

Summary

This fragment indicates that Theophrastus, in the thirteenth book of On Laws, states that those convicted of involuntary homicide retained the authority to administer their own property.

§104.1Fr. 104 Ὅτι οἱ ἁλόντες ἐπʼ ἀκουσίῳ φόνῳ ἐξουσίαν εἶχον εἰς διοίκησιν τῶν ἰδίων καὶ Θ. ἐν τῷ τρισκαιδεκάτῳ τῶν νόμων δηλοῖ.
Fr. 104 That those convicted of involuntary homicide had authority over the administration of their own property, Theophrastus also shows in the thirteenth book of On Laws.

Notes

  1. §104.1Ὅτι — The noun clause introduced by the conjunction ὅτι is placed at the beginning of the sentence and functions as the direct object of the verb δηλοῖ (shows/makes clear) in the main clause. This style is frequently found in epitomes or lexicons of classical texts.
  2. §104.1οἱ ἁλόντες — The aorist active participle (with passive meaning) of the verb ἁλίσκομαι (to be convicted, captured) in the masculine nominative plural. Accompanied by the prepositional phrase ἐπʼ ἀκουσίῳ φόνῳ (for involuntary homicide), it means "those who have been convicted of involuntary homicide."
  3. §104.1τῶν ἰδίων — The substantivized neuter plural genitive of the adjective ἴδιος (one's own, private), referring in this context to "one's own property" or "private affairs." It functions as an objective genitive modifying the noun διοίκησιν in the prepositional phrase εἰς διοίκησιν (for the administration).

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Theophrastus, Fragments §104.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010x09.humanitext-grc1:104.1

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