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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §33.7.8.pr-33.7.8.1

Scope of Estate Equipment for Gathering and Storing Fruits

Passage 5065 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Citing Sabinus's work addressed to Vitellius, the text defines the specific components of an estate's equipment for acquiring, gathering, and preserving fruits, as well as additional items included according to local customs and the scale of the villa.

[ULPIANUS libro uicesimo ad Sabinum. ] §33.7.8.prIn instrumento fundi ea esse, quae fructus quaerendi cogendi consernandi gratia parata sunt, Sabinus libris ad Uitellium euidenter enumerat.
[ULPIANUS on Sabinus, Book XX.] Sabinus clearly enumerates in his books addressed to Vitellius that those things are included in the equipment of an estate which are provided for the purpose of acquiring, gathering, and preserving its fruits.
quaerendi, ueluti homines qui agrum colunt, et qui eos exercent praepositiue sunt is, quorum in numero sunt uilici et monitores: praeterea boues domiti, et pecora stercorandi causa parata, uasaque utilia culturae, quae sunt aratra ligones sarculi falces putatoriae bidentes et si qua similia dici possunt.
For the purpose of acquiring, such as the men who cultivate the land, and those who direct them or are set over them, among whose number are the bailiffs and overseers; furthermore, broken oxen, and cattle kept for the purpose of manuring, and implements useful for cultivation, which are ploughs, hoes, weeding-hooks, pruning-knives, mattocks, and whatever similar things can be mentioned.
cogendi, quemadmodum torcularia corbes falcesque messoriae falces fenariae quali uindemiatorii exceptoriique, in quibus uuae comportantur.
For the purpose of gathering, such as wine-presses, baskets, reaping-hooks, hay-scythes, and vintage baskets and receivers in which grapes are carried.
conseruandi, quasi dolia, licet defossa non sint, et cuppae.
For the purpose of preserving, such as jars, even though they are not buried in the ground, and casks.
§33.7.8.1Quibusdam in regionibus accedunt instrumento, si uilla cultior est, ueluti atrienses scoparii, si etiam uirdiaria sint, topiarii, si fundus saltus pastionesque habet, greges pecorum pastores saltuarii.
In certain regions, if the villa is of a more luxurious character, there are added to the equipment, for example, hall-porters and sweepers; if there are also pleasure gardens, ornamental gardeners; if the estate has woodlands and pastures, herds of cattle, shepherds, and foresters.

Notes

  1. §33.7.8.prfructus quaerendi cogendi consernandi gratia — consernandi is a scribal error for conseruandi (preserving). fructus is the accusative plural of the fourth-declension noun, serving as the direct object of the gerunds quaerendi, cogendi, and conseruandi. The entire phrase is governed by gratia (for the sake of).
  2. §33.7.8.prpraepositiue sunt is — The text's praepositiue sunt is is a textual corruption or variant reading of praepositique sunt iis (and those who are set over them) or praepositive sunt iis (or those set over them). In this translation, it is interpreted as referring to the overseers (praepositi) juxtaposed with or placed in charge of those who cultivate the land.
  3. §33.7.8.1accedunt instrumento — The subject of accedunt (are added) consists of the various nouns that follow in the conditional clauses (atrienses, scoparii, topiarii, greges pecorum, pastores, saltuarii), enumerating the categories of equipment added depending on the context. instrumento is a dative of direction/addition ('to the equipment').

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §33.7.8.pr-33.7.8.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:33.7.8.pr-33.7.8.1

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