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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.43.pr

Definition of Sustenance and Inclusion of Food and Clothing

Passage 8857 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian defines 'sustenance' as including food, drink, bodily care, and necessities for survival, and cites Labeo's view that clothing also serves this function.

[IDEM libro quinquagensimo octauo ad edictum. ] §50.16.43.prUerbo 'uictus' continentur, quae esui potuique cultuique corporis quaeque ad uiuendum homini necessaria sunt.
[THE SAME, in the fifty-eighth book on the Edict.] By the word 'sustenance' are included those things which are for eating, drinking, and the care of the body, and which are necessary for a human being to live.
uestem quoque uictus habere uicem Labeo ait:
Labeo says that clothing also takes the place of sustenance.

Notes

  1. §50.16.43.presui potuique cultuique — These nouns are all in the dative case of the fourth declension (esu-s, potu-s, cultu-s), functioning as datives of purpose or use, meaning 'for the purpose of eating, drinking, and care.'
  2. §50.16.43.pruestem quoque uictus habere uicem Labeo ait — An accusative with infinitive (Aci) construction dependent on 'Labeo ait' (Labeo says). 'uestem' is the subject accusative of the infinitive 'habere'. 'uicem habere' with a genitive ('uictus') is an idiomatic expression meaning 'to take the place of' or 'to serve as.'

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.43.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.43.pr

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