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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.232.pr

Expressions of Value Indicating Both Quantity and Worth

Passage 9046 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius points out that the expression 'which are of more value than thirty aurei' signifies both physical quantity and valuation at the same time.

[GAIUS libro primo de uerborum obligationibus. ] §50.16.232.prHaec enuntiatio 'quae sunt pluris aureorum triginta' simul et quantitatis et aestimationis significatiua est.
[GAIUS, in the first book on Verbal Obligations.] This expression 'which are of more value than thirty aurei' is indicative of both quantity and valuation at the same time.

Notes

  1. §50.16.232.prpluris aureorum triginta — The word 'pluris' is a genitive of value, while 'aureorum triginta' is a genitive of comparison dependent on the comparative 'pluris'. Although the sequence of two different genitives may appear complex, together they mean 'of greater value than thirty aurei'.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.232.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.232.pr

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