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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §35.1.35.pr

Criterion for the Lightest Condition of Liberty

Passage 5366 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius explains that the lightest condition for a slave's freedom is that which leads to liberty, even if the required act itself is inherently difficult.

[POMPONIUS libro singulari regularum. ] §35.1.35.prLeuissima libertatis condicio ea intellegenda est, quae ad libertatem perducit, quamuis natura grauior et durior sit.
[POMPONIUS, in his single book of Rules.] The lightest condition of liberty is to be understood as that which leads to liberty, although by its nature it may be heavier and harder.

Notes

  1. §35.1.35.prlibertatis — Genitive of the noun libertas (liberty), modifying condicio (condition) to denote a 'condition for granting liberty' or 'condition concerning liberty'.
  2. §35.1.35.prea — Feminine singular nominative of the demonstrative pronoun is, referring back to the preceding condicio and serving as the antecedent of the relative pronoun quae ('that which...').
  3. §35.1.35.printellegenda est — A periphrastic conjugational form expressing necessity or propriety, consisting of the gerundive intellegenda and the verb est, agreeing in gender, number, and case with the subject condicio.
  4. §35.1.35.prnatura — Ablative singular of the noun natura (nature, character). Used as an ablative of respect ('in respect of its nature') to modify the comparatives grauior et durior, meaning 'by its nature' or 'inherently'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §35.1.35.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:35.1.35.pr

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