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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.210.pr

Classification of Slaves Reared in the Country as Urban

Passage 9024 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The rule establishing that a slave born of urban slaves and sent to a country villa to be reared remains classified as an urban slave.

[MARCIANUS libro septimo institutionum. ] §50.16.210.prIs, qui natus est ex mancipiis urbanis et missus est in uillam nutriendus, in urbanis seruis constituetur.
[MARCIANUS, in the seventh book of Institutes.] He who was born of urban slaves and sent to a villa to be reared will be classified among urban slaves.

Notes

  1. 50.16.210.prnutriendus — The future passive participle (gerundive) agreeing in gender, number, and case with the subject `Is`, used with the passive verb of motion `missus est` ('was sent') to express purpose ('to be reared').
  2. 50.16.210.prin urbanis seruis — The preposition `in` with the ablative. Used with the passive verb `constituetur` ('will be established/placed') to denote classification or inclusion within a specific category ('among urban slaves').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.210.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.210.pr

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