Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §11.3.2.pr

Corrupting a Slave through Debauchery or Insult

Passage 1772 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Indicates that making a slave luxurious or obstinate, or persuading them to submit to sexual violation, also constitutes making the slave worse.

[PAULUS libro nono decimo ad edictum. ] §11.3.2.pruel luxuriosum uel contumacem fecit: quiue ut stuprum pateretur persuadet.

[PAULUS, from the nineteenth book on the Edict.]...or made him luxurious or obstinate; or who persuades him to submit to sexual violation.

Notes

11.3.2.prfecit — The subject of the verb `fecit` (perfect third-person singular) is the person who corrupts the slave, carrying over the syntax from Ulpian's preceding passage (§11.3.1.5: 'Is quoque deteriorem facit, qui...'). The object 'slave' (`seruum`) is also understood from the context as the recipient of the adjectives `luxuriosum` and `contumacem`.
11.3.2.prut stuprum pateretur — This is an `ut` clause serving as the object of `persuadet` ('persuades [him] to...'). The verb `pateretur` is the imperfect subjunctive of `patior` (to suffer, submit to), used in accordance with the sequence of tenses because the main verb `persuadet` is treated as a historical present.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §11.3.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:11.3.2.pr

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