[POMPONIUS libro duodecimo ex uariis lectionibus. ] §1.9.4.prQui indignus est inferiore ordine, indignior est superiore.
[POMPONIUS, Various Readings, book 12] He who is unworthy of a lower rank is even more unworthy of a higher one.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §1.9.4.pr
Ineligibility for Higher Rank of Those Unfit for Lower
Summary
Formulates the legal principle that whoever is unworthy of a lower rank or status is even more unworthy of a higher one.
Notes
- §1.9.4.prQui — Relative pronoun with its antecedent (is) omitted, forming the subject clause of the entire sentence ("he who...").
- §1.9.4.prinferiore ordine — Ablative functioning as the complement of the adjective indignus (unworthy of). Similarly, superiore in the second half of the sentence is an ablative (with ordine omitted) acting as the complement of indignior.
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