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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.10.9.pr

Appointing a Curator Rather than Removing Related Tutors

Passage 3936 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The author argues that rather than removing and tarnishing the reputation of a tutor who is a relative or a patron, it is best to appoint a curator to assist the pupil.

[MODESTINUS libro singulari de heurematicis. ] §26.10.9.prSi tutor aliquo uinculo necessitudinis uel adfinitatis pupillo coniunctus sit uel si patronus pupilli liberti tutelam gerit et quis eorum a tutela remouendus uideatur, optimum factum est curatorem ei potius adiungi quam eundem cum notata fide et existimatione remoueri.
[MODESTINUS, On Findings, in one book.] If a tutor is connected to the pupil by some bond of relationship or affinity, or if a patron conducts the tutelage of a pupil who is a freedman, and any of them should seem fit to be removed from the tutelage, it is the best course of action that a curator be joined to the pupil rather than that the same tutor be removed with his loyalty and reputation tarnished.

Notes

  1. §26.10.9.prquis — The indefinite pronoun aliquis with the prefix ali- omitted after the conjunction si. It means "any of them," referring either to the tutor related by blood/affinity or to the patron.
  2. §26.10.9.proptimum factum est — An expression meaning "it is the best course of action." It is followed by two accusative with infinitive clauses (curatorem... adiungi and eundem... remoueri) compared using quam.
  3. §26.10.9.prei — Dative case dependent on the verb adiungi (to be joined/appointed to). In this context, it refers to the pupil (pupillo), not the tutor.
  4. §26.10.9.prcum notata fide et existimatione — The preposition cum with the ablative indicating attendant circumstance. It means "with tarnished loyalty and reputation," expressing the damage done to the tutor's honor.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.10.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.10.9.pr

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