Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §14.3.3.pr

Etymology and Scope of the Term Manager

Passage 2202 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains the etymological origin of the term "manager" (institor) and states that it makes little difference whether one is put in charge of a shop or any other business.

[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo octauo ad edictum. ] §14.3.3.prInstitor appellatus est ex eo, quod negotio gerendo instet: nec multum facit, tabernae sit praepositus an cuilibet alii negotiationi,

[ULPIANUS, from the twenty-eighth book on the Edict.] A manager is so called from the fact that he is intent upon carrying on business; nor does it make much difference whether he is put in charge of a shop or of any other business whatever,

Notes

§14.3.3.prnegotio gerendo — A gerundive construction in the dative case, governed by the verb instet (present subjunctive of instare, "to pursue/be intent upon"), which takes a dative complement.
§14.3.3.prnec multum facit — The verb facere is used impersonally here in the sense of "to make a difference" or "to matter," with multum functioning adverbially. It introduces the alternative indirect questions (sit praepositus... an...).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §14.3.3.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:14.3.3.pr

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