Ep. 10.105.1Cum honestissimē iīs, quī apud fidem tuam ā Valeriō Paulīnō dēpositī sunt, cōnsultum velīs mātūrē per mē, iīs interim, quibus nunc petīstī, dedisse mē iūs Quirītium referrī in commentāriōs meōs iussī idem factūrus in cēterīs, prō quibus petieris.Since you wish, most honourably, that those who were entrusted to your good faith by Valerius Paulinus should be provided for promptly through me, I have ordered it to be entered in my records that I have meanwhile given Roman citizenship to those for whom you have now asked, and I shall do the same for the others for whom you ask.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.105
Trajan grants the citizenship
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (30 words)
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| honestē, adv. | honorably, decently |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| apud, prep, with acc. | among, with |
| fidēs, -eī f. | faith, trust; pledge |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| dēpōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | put down, deposit; lay aside, give up; ē memoriā dēpōnere, to forget |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| cōnsulō, -ere, -uī, -tus | consult |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| mātūrē (adv.; superl. mātūrrimē) | early, quickly |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| interim (adv.) | meanwhile |
| nunc, adv. | now |
| petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus | seek, ask; attack |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| iūs, iūris, n. | right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath |
| Quirītēs, -ium m. pl. | Quirites, the Roman citizens in their civil capacity (used in addressing the people) |
| referō, referre, rettulī, relātus | bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| commentārius, -ī m. | notebook, record; (pl.) memoirs, a commentary (Caesar's own account of his campaigns) |
| meus, -a, -um | my, mine |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron. | the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| cēterī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | the other, the remaining, the rest of |
| prō, prep. with abl. | before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for |
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