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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §21.1.7.pr

Eunuchs Missing Essential Parts Regarded as Diseased

Passage 3021 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

States that if a eunuch is missing such a necessary part of the body entirely, he is to be considered diseased.

[PAULUS libro undecimo ad Sabinum. ] §21.1.7.prSin autem quis ita spado est, ut tam necessaria pars corporis et penitus absit, morbosus est.
[PAULUS with the eleventh book on Sabinus.] But if anyone is a eunuch in such a way that so necessary a part of the body is also completely missing, he is diseased.

Notes

  1. §21.1.7.prita... ut — A correlative construction expressing degree or result: "is a eunuch in such a way... that...". It specifies the exception where a eunuch is considered "diseased" (morbosus), contrasting with the general rule in the preceding section (Ulpianus, 21.1.6.2) that they are "healthy" (sanus).
  2. §21.1.7.pret penitus — The conjunction `et` here plays an adverbial role ("even," "also," or "and furthermore"), adding and emphasizing a stronger condition (that the part of the body is "completely" missing) to the preceding circumstance.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §21.1.7.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:21.1.7.pr

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