Question
What is the literal meaning of partus sequitur ventrem?
"The womb follows birth"
"Birth follows the mother"
"Birth follows the womb"
"The mother follows birth"
"The womb follows birth"
"Birth follows the mother"
"Birth follows the womb"
"The mother follows birth"
Answers
GPT-5 mini
"Birth follows the womb."
Literally: partus = birth/offspring, sequitur = follows, ventrem = the womb. (Legally used to mean the child's status follows the mother's.)
Literally: partus = birth/offspring, sequitur = follows, ventrem = the womb. (Legally used to mean the child's status follows the mother's.)