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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.52.pr

Inclusion of Female Patrons in the Term Patronus

Passage 8866 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian explains that the masculine legal term 'patronus' also encompasses its feminine counterpart, 'patrona'.

[ULPIANUS libro sexagensimo primo ad edictum. ] §50.16.52.pr'Patroni' appellatione et patrona continetur.
[ULPIAN, on the Edict, book 61.] Under the term 'patronus', a 'patrona' is also included.

Notes

  1. §50.16.52.prPatroni — The genitive singular of the masculine noun patronus (patron), serving as an attributive modifier of the ablative noun appellatione (by the term).
  2. §50.16.52.pret — Used adverbially here rather than as a conjunction, meaning 'also' or 'even', and emphasizing the following noun patrona.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.52.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.52.pr

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