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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.62.pr

Meaning of Tignum in the Twelve Tables

Passage 8876 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Explains that the term 'tignum' in the Law of the Twelve Tables signifies every kind of material from which buildings are constructed.

[GAIUS libro uicensimo sexto ad edictum prouinciale. ] §50.16.62.pr'Tigni' appellatione in lege duodecim tabularum omne genus materiae, ex qua aedificia constant, significatur.
[GAIUS on the Provincial Edict, book 26.] Under the designation of 'tignum' in the Law of the Twelve Tables, every kind of material of which buildings consist is signified.

Notes

  1. §50.16.62.prTigni — Genitive of definition (appositional genitive) qualifying appellatione, meaning "the designation of 'tignum'".
  2. §50.16.62.prex qua — The preposition ex with the relative pronoun qua (feminine ablative singular), whose antecedent is the feminine singular noun materiae. Together with the verb constant, it means "are composed of".

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