[PAULUS libro primo ad edictum aedilium curulium. ] §21.1.2.pruel melancholici
[PAULUS with the first book on the Edict of the Curule Aediles.] or those who are melancholic.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.1.2.pr
Melancholia as an Example of a Mental Defect in Slaves
Summary
The melancholic is mentioned as an example of slaves with mental defects.
Notes
- §21.1.2.pruel melancholici — This brief fragment supplies another adjective in the nominative plural to the relative clause (qui... sunt aut iracundi) in the preceding text of Ulpian (D. 21.1.1.11). It means 'or those who are melancholic', which is treated as another type of mental defect alongside excessive fearfulness or passionateness.
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