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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §37.15.9.pr

Duty of Reverence Owed to Patrons and Fathers

Passage 5883 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian states that the person of a father or a patron must always be regarded as honorable and sacred by a son or a freedman.

[ULPIANUS libro sexagensimo sexto ad edictum. ] §37.15.9.prLiberto et filio semper honesta et sancta persona patris ac patroni uideri debet.
[ULPIANUS, from the sixty-sixth book on the Edict.] To a freedman and a son, the person of a father and a patron must always appear honorable and sacred.

Notes

  1. §37.15.9.prLiberto et filio — Dative of reference (dative of person judging) depending on the verb phrase `uideri debet`, meaning "to a freedman and a son", which respectively correspond to `patroni` and `patris`.
  2. §37.15.9.prpersona — Nominative singular, acting as the subject of the main verb phrase `uideri debet`. It refers not just to a physical individual, but to their legal "person", "status", or "standing".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §37.15.9.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:37.15.9.pr

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