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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §40.1.26.pr

Manumission of an Insane Slave and Acquisition of Freedom

Passage 6320 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Labeo asserts that a mad slave can attain freedom if manumitted by any method.

[IAUOLENUS libro quarto ex posterioribus Labeonis. ] §40.1.26.prSeruum furiosum omni genere manumissum ad libertatem perduci putat posse Labeo.
[IAVOLENUS, in the fourth book from the posthumous works of Labeo.] Labeo thinks that a mad slave, manumitted in any manner, can be brought to freedom.

Notes

  1. §40.1.26.prmanumissum — Perfect passive participle in the accusative, modifying `seruum furiosum`. It functions either attributively ("a manumitted mad slave") or adverbially with a conditional force ("if manumitted").
  2. §40.1.26.prperduci posse — An accusative-with-infinitive construction dependent on the main verb `putat`. The present passive infinitive `perduci` ("to be brought") is used as a complementary infinitive to the present active infinitive `posse` ("to be able"), expressing that the subject accusative `seruum furiosum` can be brought "to freedom" (`ad libertatem`).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §40.1.26.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:40.1.26.pr

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