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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.8.6.pr

Forfeiture of Half of Property for Surrendering Slaves for Castration

Passage 8245 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It prescribes that anyone who hands over a slave for castration shall be fined half of their property, in accordance with a senatorial decree passed during a specific consulship.

[UENULEIUS SATURNINUS libro primo de officio proconsulis. ] §48.8.6.prIs, qui seruum castrandum tradiderit, pro parte dimidia bonorum multatur ex senatus consulto, quod Neratio Prisco et Annio Uero consulibus factum est.
[VENULEIUS SATURNINUS, On the Office of Proconsul, Book 1] He who has delivered a slave to be castrated is, under a decree of the senate which was passed when Neratius Priscus and Annius Verus were consuls, fined to the extent of a half of his property.

Notes

  1. §48.8.6.prseruum castrandum tradiderit — The gerundive `castrandum` agrees with `seruum`, the direct object of the transitive verb `tradiderit`, expressing the purpose of the action ('to deliver a slave to be castrated').
  2. §48.8.6.prpro parte dimidia bonorum — The preposition `pro` ('in proportion to') governs the ablative `parte dimidia` ('half part'), which is modified by the genitive plural `bonorum` (from `bona`, 'property'), specifying the measure of the fine.
  3. §48.8.6.prNeratio Prisco et Annio Uero consulibus — An ablative absolute consisting of proper names and the noun `consulibus` ('consuls'), serving as a standard Roman formula to designate the year (97 AD) by the names of the serving consuls.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.8.6.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.8.6.pr

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