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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.85.pr

Three Persons as the Minimum to Form a Collegium

Passage 8899 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Marcellus cites Neratius Priscus' opinion that three persons constitute a 'collegium', and states that this view is to be followed.

[MARCELLUS libro primo digestorum. ] §50.16.85.prNeratius Priscus tres facere existimat 'collegium', et hoc magis sequendum est.
[MARCELLUS, Digests, book 1.] Neratius Priscus thinks that three (persons) make a 'collegium', and this (opinion) is rather to be followed.

Notes

  1. §50.16.85.prtres facere — An accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction governed by existimat. Here, tres is the accusative plural masculine, serving as the subject of the infinitive facere, and collegium is the direct object of facere.
  2. §50.16.85.prsequendum est — A passive periphrastic conjugation expressing necessity or obligation, consisting of the gerundive sequendum (neuter nominative singular) and the copula est. The subject is the demonstrative pronoun hoc, referring to the opinion (sententia) proposed by Neratius.

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