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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.1.1.pr

Definition of labor services owed by freedmen

Passage 5886 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus defines the "labor services" (operae) of a freedman as a daily duty.

[PAULUS libro singulari de uariis lectionibus. ] §38.1.1.prOperae sunt diurnum officium.
[PAULUS in his single book on various readings] Labor services are a daily duty.

Notes

  1. §38.1.1.prOperae sunt — The copula verb `sunt` is plural to agree with the plural subject `Operae` (referring to the legal labor services of a freedman), even though the predicate noun `diurnum officium` is singular, following the standard rule of subject-verb agreement in Latin.
  2. §38.1.1.prdiurnum officium — The adjective `diurnus` (of a day, daily) modifies the neuter singular nominative noun `officium` (duty, service), indicating that the legal labor service (opera) is typically calculated or demanded in units of a day's work.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.1.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.1.1.pr

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