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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.206.pr

Definition of Wine Vessels and Conditions for Inclusion

Passage 9020 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Julianus discusses the definition of 'wine vessels', stating that they properly refer to press vessels, and explains that large jars, medium jars, and amphorae are included in this category only as long as they actually contain wine.

[IULIANUS libro sexto ex Minicio. ] §50.16.206.pr'Uinaria' uasa proprie uasa torcularia esse placet: dolia autem et serias tamdiu in ea causa esse, quamdiu uinum haberent, cum sine uino esse desinerent, in eo numero non esse, quoniam ad alium usum transferri possent, ueluti si frumentum in his addatur.
[JULIANUS, in the sixth book from Minicius.] It is accepted that 'wine' vessels are properly press vessels; however, large jars and medium jars belong to that category only so long as they contain wine, and when they cease to contain wine, they are not in that number, since they can be transferred to another use, as for example if grain is put in them.
eandem causam amphorarum esse, ut, cum uinum habeant, tum in uasis uinariis, cum inanes sint, tum extra numerum uinariorum sint, quia aliud in his addi possit.
The case of amphorae is the same, so that when they contain wine, they are then among wine vessels, and when they are empty, they are then outside the number of wine vessels, because something else can be put in them.

Notes

  1. §50.16.206.prplacet — The impersonal verb placet ('it is accepted/settled') governs the subsequent accusative-and-infinitive clauses (esse, esse, non esse, esse), which present the legal definitions.
  2. §50.16.206.prea causa — Here causa means 'legal status' or 'category', referring to the state of being classified as 'wine vessels' (uinaria uasa).
  3. §50.16.206.prcum..., tum... — The correlative pair cum..., tum... ('when..., then...') is repeated twice to contrast two scenarios: when the vessels contain wine versus when they are empty.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.206.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.206.pr

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