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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.14.19.pr

Definition and Conditions of an Ungrateful Freedman

Passage 5869 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It defines an ungrateful freedman as one who fails to show respect to their patron or refuses to manage their patron's property or the guardianship of their children.

[PAULUS libro primo sententiarum. ] §37.14.19.prIngratus libertus est, qui patrono obsequium non praestat uel res eius filiorumue tutelam administrare detractat.
[PAULUS, in the first book of Opinions.]\n\nAn ungrateful freedman is one who does not show respect to his patron, or refuses to administer his property or the guardianship of his children.

Notes

  1. §37.14.19.prres eius filiorumue tutelam administrare detractat — The accusatives res and tutelam are the shared objects of the infinitive administrare. The enclitic conjunction -ue is attached to filiorum but structurally connects the two noun phrases res eius and filiorum tutelam, meaning 'to administer his property or the guardianship of his children.' The verb detractat (refuses) takes the infinitive administrare as its complement.

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