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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.10.11.pr

Exclusion of Ornamental Items and Inclusion of Drinking Vessels

Passage 5133 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This fragment records the opinion of Labeo and Trebatius that bronze vessels for fountains and other items for pleasure rather than use are not household goods, whereas murrhine and glass vessels for eating and drinking are included.

[IDEM libro decimo ex posterioribus Labeonis. ] §33.10.11.prUasa aenea salientis aquae posita, item si quid aliud magis deliciarum quam usus causa paratum esset, non esse supellectilis Labeo Trebatius putant.
[THE SAME in his tenth book of Epitomes of Labeo's Posterity.] Labeo and Trebatius think that bronze vessels placed for jetting water, and likewise anything else that has been prepared more for the sake of pleasure than of use, are not part of household goods.
murrea autem uasa et uitrea, quae ad usum, edendi et bibendi causa, parata essent, in supellectili dicuntur esse.
However, murrhine and glass vessels, which have been prepared for use, for the sake of eating and drinking, are said to be among household goods.

Notes

  1. §33.10.11.prsupellectilis — The genitive supellectilis (singular genitive of the noun supellex) in non esse supellectilis is a genitive of property or possession, meaning 'to belong to household goods'.
  2. §33.10.11.prLabeo Trebatius putant — The conjunction et is omitted between the two proper nouns Labeo and Trebatius (asyndeton), but because the subject is plural, the verb putant is in the plural.
  3. §33.10.11.prparata essent — The subjunctive imperfect is used because it indicates a relative clause of characteristic (defining a class) or a subordinate clause in indirect discourse.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.10.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.10.11.pr

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