human
Hæc res efficit non è jure Quiritium liberum, sed è jure Naturæ. There were three ways of making a slave free: 1, per Censum; 2, per Vindictam; 3, per Testamentum. The second is alluded to here. The master took the slave before the prætor or consul and said,
gpt
Hunc hominem liberum esse volo jure Quiritium. Then the prætor, laying the rod (Vindicta) on the slave's head, pronounced him free; whereupon his owner or the lictor turned him round, gave him a blow on the cheek (alapa), and let him go, with the words,
human
Liber esto atque ito quo voles.
gpt
Prodis ex judice Dama turpis; and v., 18,
human
Utne tegam spurco Damæ latus
gpt
(_qui agit asinos_, Schell.), then put as a mark of contempt for any drudge. Hor., ii., Sat. viii., 73,
human
Si patinam pede lapsus frangat agaso.
gpt
Hesterni capite induto subiere Quirites.