Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.100.pr

Definition of Distinguished Persons and Senatorial Honors

Passage 8914 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian defines the term 'distinguished persons' as referring to illustrious individuals of both sexes, as well as those who possess senatorial honors.

[IDEM libro secundo de officio consulis. ] §50.16.100.pr'Speciosas personas' accipere debemus clarissimas personas utriusque sexus, item eorum, quae ornamentis senatoriis utuntur.

[THE SAME, On the Office of Consul, book 2.] We ought to understand 'distinguished persons' as the most illustrious persons of both sexes, and likewise those of persons who enjoy senatorial honors.

Notes

§50.16.100.preorum, quae — eorum is a genitive plural ("of those people"), and the relative pronoun quae (nominative feminine plural) refers back to an implied accusative plural personas (feminine). Thus, the structure is understood by supplying the ellipsis: item [personas] eorum, quae [personae] ornamentis senatoriis utuntur ("likewise [the persons] of those who [which persons] enjoy senatorial honors").

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.100.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.100.pr

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