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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.44.pr

Inclusion of Bodily Care and Protection in Sustenance

Passage 8858 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Gaius explains that other things used for protecting or caring for the body are also included under the term "sustenance" (uictus).

[GAIUS libro uicensimo secundo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §50.16.44.pret cetera, quibus tuendi curandiue corporis nostri gratia utimur, ea appellatione significantur.
[GAIUS, in the twenty-second book on the Provincial Edict.] and other things, which we use for the purpose of protecting or caring for our body, are signified by that designation.

Notes

  1. §50.16.44.prtuendi curandiue corporis nostri gratia — "tuendi" and "curandi" are gerundives agreeing in gender, number, and case with the object "corporis nostri" (neuter singular genitive). They are used with the postposition "gratia" ("for the sake of") to express purpose.
  2. §50.16.44.prquibus... utimur — The relative pronoun "quibus" is in the ablative case because it functions as the object of the verb "utimur" (first-person plural present indicative of "utor"), which governs the ablative. Its antecedent is "et cetera".

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.44.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.44.pr

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