[PAULUS libro primo ad edictum. ] §50.16.4.pr'Nominis' appellatione rem significari Proculus ait.
[Paulus, in the first book on the Edict.] Proculus says that by the term 'name' a thing is signified.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.4.pr
The Term Name Signifying a Thing
Summary
Paulus quotes the jurist Proculus to state that the word 'name' can signify a 'thing'.
Notes
- §50.16.4.pr'Nominis' appellatione rem significari — This is an accusative and infinitive construction (indirect statement) governed by the main clause Proculus ait. rem serves as the subject accusative of the present passive infinitive significari. nominis is a genitive of definition qualifying appellatione, meaning 'the term/appellation of "name"'.
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