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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.5.19.pr

Stages prior to proceedings against the adulterer

Passage 8193 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

In connection with the preceding discussion, mention is made of the stage before proceedings are commenced against the adulterer.

[MACER libro primo de publicis iudiciis. ] §48.5.19.pruel antequam cum eo agi coepit,
[MACER, in the first book on Public Trials.] or before proceedings began to be taken against him,

Notes

  1. §48.5.19.prcum eo agi coepit — While the verb `coepisse` usually takes a passive form (`coeptus est`) in classical Latin when governing a passive infinitive, here the active `coepit` is used with the impersonal passive construction `cum eo agi` (for proceedings to be taken against him). The pronoun `eo` refers to the male adulterer (`adulter`), continuing the context from the preceding passage.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.5.19.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.5.19.pr

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