Actions Against a Master for Affairs Managed at a Slave's Request

Notes

1. 3.5.41.prrogatu — The ablative singular of the fourth-declension noun rogatus (request, entreaty), indicating the cause or motive of the action ("at the request of").
2. 3.5.41.prdumtaxat — A restrictive adverb meaning "merely" or "only." It limits the previous condition ("at the request of my slave") to the specific case where the person was "merely prompted" (admonitus) by the slave.
3. 3.5.41.prquasi mandatu serui — mandatu is the ablative of the noun mandatus (mandate, order). Accompanied by quasi ("as if"), the verb of the conditional clause (susceperis or feceris) is omitted. It presents a contrasting condition: "as if it were done by the mandate of the slave," rather than by mere prompting.
4. 3.5.41.prde peculio et de in rem uerso — Prepositional phrases referring respectively to the actio de peculio (action concerning the peculium) and actio de in rem verso (action concerning profit turned to account). These are actions of an added nature (actiones adiecticiae qualitatis) by which a master is held liable for the acts of a dependent person, modifying the infinitive agere.
5. 3.5.41.prresponsum est — An impersonal expression meaning "it has been answered," which takes the accusative-with-infinitive clause te posse agere as its subject. A standard formulaic expression in juristic literature to indicate an opinion or ruling given by Roman jurists.