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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §25.7.2.pr

Concubinage with a Freedwoman When a Patron Goes Insane

Passage 3725 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that it is more humane to consider the concubinage with a freedwoman as continuing even if the patron becomes insane.

[PAULUS libro duodecimo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ] §25.7.2.prSi patronus libertam concubinam habens furere coeperit, in concubinatu eam esse humanius dicitur.
[PAULUS, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book 12] If a patron who has a freedwoman as a concubine begins to be insane, it is said to be more humane that she remains in concubinage.

Notes

  1. §25.7.2.prin concubinatu eam esse — An accusative with infinitive (A.c.I.) construction functioning as the subject of dicitur. 'That she remains in concubinage' serves as the subject for the passive main verb with the comparative adjective humanius dicitur ('it is said to be more humane').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §25.7.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:25.7.2.pr

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