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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.15.11.pr

Freedwoman Practicing a Trade and Allegations of Ingratitude

Passage 5885 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that a freedwoman cannot be deemed ungrateful solely on the ground that she practices her trade against the will of her patroness.

[PAPINIANUS libro tertio decimo responsorum. ] §37.15.11.prLiberta ingrata non est, quod arte sua contra patronae uoluntatem utitur.
[PAPINIANUS, from the thirteenth book of Responses.] A freedwoman is not ungrateful because she practices her trade against the will of her patroness.

Notes

  1. §37.15.11.prarte sua ... utitur — The verb utor (utitur) governs the ablative case, hence the use of arte (ablative singular of ars, 'art, trade') and its modifier sua. The construction non ... quod utitur presupposes the fact that she is indeed practicing her trade, but denies that this serves as a ground for her to be deemed ungrateful (ingrata).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.15.11.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.15.11.pr

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