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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.1.6.pr-21.1.6.2

Temporary Diseases and Physical Conditions as Defects

Passage 3020 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that the edict's scope covers temporary diseases as well, and addresses legal definitions of whether physical conditions such as impetigo, castration, or having a single testicle render a person "diseased" or "defective."

[ULPIANUS libro primo ad edictum aedilium curulium. ] §21.1.6.prPomponius recte ait non tantum ad perpetuos morbos, uerum ad temporarios quoque hoc edictum pertinere.
[ULPIANUS with the first book on the edict of the curule aediles.] Pomponius rightly says that this edict pertains not only to permanent diseases, but also to temporary ones.
§21.1.6.1Trebatius ait impetiginosum morbosum non esse, si eo membro, ubi impetigo esset, aeque recte utatur: et mihi uidetur uera Trebatii sententia.
Trebatius says that a person with impetigo is not diseased, if he can use that limb where the impetigo is just as well; and Trebatius' opinion seems true to me.
§21.1.6.2Spadonem morbosum non esse neque uitiosum uerius mihi uidetur, sed sanum esse, sicuti illum, qui unum testiculum habet, qui etiam generare potest.
It seems more correct to me that a eunuch is neither diseased nor defective, but is healthy, just like one who has only one testicle, who can still procreate.

Notes

  1. §21.1.6.1aeque recte utatur — The present subjunctive `utatur` is used in the conditional clause (`si...`) within indirect speech (introduced by `Trebatius ait...`), representing a subordinate clause dependent on an infinitive in indirect discourse.
  2. §21.1.6.2Spadonem morbosum non esse neque uitiosum uerius mihi uidetur, sed sanum esse — The entire accusative and infinitive construction (`Spadonem ... non esse ... sed ... esse`) functions as the subject of the impersonal phrase `uerius mihi uidetur` ("it seems more correct to me"). `Spadonem` ("eunuch") is the subject accusative of the infinitive `esse`.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.1.6.pr-21.1.6.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.1.6.pr-21.1.6.2

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