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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §38.10.8.pr

In-Law Terms Arising from Betrothal

Passage 6050 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Citing the opinion of Servius, the text states that the designations of father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law arise even from the stage of betrothal.

[POMPONIUS libro primo enchiridii. ] §38.10.8.prSeruius recte dicebat socri et socrus et generi et nurus appellationem etiam ex sponsalibus adquiri.
[POMPONIUS in his first book of the Handbook.] Servius rightly said that the designation of father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law is acquired even from betrothal.

Notes

  1. §38.10.8.prsocri et socrus et generi et nurus — These are the genitive singular forms of socer (father-in-law), socrus (mother-in-law), gener (son-in-law), and nurus (daughter-in-law) respectively, modifying appellationem. Note that socrus and nurus are fourth-declension nouns, so their genitive singular forms are identical to their nominative singular forms.
  2. §38.10.8.prappellationem... adquiri — An accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction introduced by dicebat, where appellationem is the subject accusative and adquiri (present passive infinitive) is the infinitive.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §38.10.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:38.10.8.pr

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