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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §47.10.8.pr

Atrocity of Iniuria from the Size and Location of Wounds

Passage 8007 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus explains that the size of a wound and sometimes the location of the wound, such as an eye, make an iniuria atrocious.

[PAULUS libro quinquagensimo quinto ad edictum. ] §47.10.8.prUulneris magnitudo atrocitatem facit et nonnumquam locus uulneris, ueluti oculo percusso.
[PAULUS, On the Edict, book fifty-five.] The size of a wound makes the iniuria atrocious, and sometimes the location of the wound does so, for example, if an eye is struck.

Notes

  1. §47.10.8.prlocus uulneris — The verb facit and its object atrocitatem are omitted, being understood from the preceding clause to complete the sense: 'and sometimes the location of the wound [makes the iniuria atrocious].'
  2. §47.10.8.proculo percusso — An ablative absolute construction consisting of the noun oculus and the perfect passive participle percussus, introduced by the exemplifying adverb ueluti ('as for example, if an eye is struck') to show a specific location of the wound.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §47.10.8.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:47.10.8.pr

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