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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.94.pr

The Meanings of Reddere as Giving Back and Giving

Passage 8908 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Celsus points out that the word 'to return' (reddere) can mean not only giving back, but also simply giving in itself.

[IDEM libro uicensimo digestorum. ] §50.16.94.prUerbum 'reddendi' quamquam significatum habet retro dandi, recipit tamen et per se dandi significationem.
[THE SAME, Digests, book 20.] Although the word 'of returning' has the signification of giving back, it nevertheless also admits the meaning of giving in itself.

Notes

  1. §50.16.94.prreddendi — Genitive of the gerund modifying the noun uerbum. It functions as an appositional genitive (genitivus appositivus) or genitive of definition (genitivus definitivus), meaning "the word 'of returning'".
  2. §50.16.94.prper se dandi — The genitive of the gerund dandi modified by the prepositional phrase per se ("in itself"). This expresses the act of "giving simply by itself", without the presupposition of returning (retro).

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