[PAPINIANUS libro quinto responsorum. ] §27.10.14.prUirum uxori mente captae curatorem dari non oportet.
[PAPINIANUS, in the fifth book of Responsa.] A husband ought not to be appointed as curator for a wife of unsound mind.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.10.14.pr
Prohibition of Husband as Curator for Insane Wife
Summary
Papinian's opinion that a husband should not be appointed as curator for a wife of unsound mind.
Notes
- §27.10.14.prnon oportet — The negative of the impersonal verb oportet ('it is proper/ought'), which governs an accusative-and-infinitive construction consisting of the subject accusative Uirum ('a husband') and the passive infinitive dari ('to be given/appointed').
- §27.10.14.prmente captae — Composed of the ablative of mens ('mind'), mente, and the perfect passive participle captae in the dative feminine singular, modifying the preceding uxori. This is an idiomatic expression meaning 'of unsound mind' or 'insane'.
- §27.10.14.prcuratorem — A predicate accusative after the passive infinitive dari, agreeing in case with the subject accusative Uirum.
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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.10.14.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.10.14.pr
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