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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §42.1.50.pr

Protection of Donors from Destitution within Means

Passage 6902 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains the rationale, supplementing the previous section, that a donor should not run the risk of becoming destitute due to their own generosity.

[TRYPHONINUS libro duodecimo disputationum. ] §42.1.50.prne liberalitate sua inops fieri periclitetur.
[TRYPHONINUS, in the twelfth book of Disputations.] lest he should run the risk of becoming destitute through his own generosity.

Notes

  1. §42.1.50.prliberalitate sua — Ablative of cause or means, representing "by / through his own generosity (act of donation)."
  2. §42.1.50.prfieri periclitetur — The verb periclitari (to run the risk of, be in danger of) is followed by the complementary infinitive fieri (to become). The adjective inops is the nominative complement of fieri.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §42.1.50.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:42.1.50.pr

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