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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §14.3.8.pr

Appointment of Boys and Girls as Shop Managers

Passage 2207 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius points out the fact that most people actually appoint boys and girls to manage shops.

[GAIUS libro nono ad edictum prouinciale. ] §14.3.8.prNam et plerique pueros puellasque tabernis praeponunt.
[GAIUS from the ninth book on the Provincial Edict.] For most people also appoint boys and girls to shops.

Notes

  1. §14.3.8.pret — Functions not as a coordinating conjunction but as an adverb modifying the following `plerique`, meaning "also" or "even".
  2. §14.3.8.prtabernis — Dative. It is used as the object governed by the compound verb `praeponunt` (`prae-ponere`) which features the prefix `prae-`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §14.3.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:14.3.8.pr

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