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Pliny · Epistulae X

Pliny, Letter 10.110

A gift to Julius Piso

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Ep. 10.110.1Ecdicus, domine, Amīsēnōrum cīvitātis petēbat apud mē ā Iūliō Pīsōne dēnāriōrum circiter quadrāgintā mīlia dōnāta eī pūblicē ante vīgintī annōs bulē et ecclēsiā cōnsentiente, ūtēbāturque mandātīs tuīs, quibus eius modī dōnātiōnēs vetantur.The public advocate of the city of Amisus, sir, was claiming before me from Julius Piso about forty thousand denarii, given to him from public funds twenty years ago with the agreement of the council and the assembly, and he was relying on your instructions, by which gifts of this kind are forbidden. Ep. 10.110.2Pīsō contrā plūrima sē in rem pūblicam contulisse ac prope tōtās facultātēs ērogāsse dīcēbat.Piso, on the other hand, said that he had contributed a great deal to the city and had spent almost his entire fortune. Ep. 10.110.2Addēbat etiam temporis spatium postulābatque, nē id, quod prō multīs et ōlim accēpisset, cum ēversiōne reliquae dignitātis reddere cōgerētur.He also cited the lapse of time, and demanded that he should not be forced to repay, with the ruin of what remained of his standing, what he had received long ago in return for many services.

Ep. 10.110.2Quibus ex causīs integram cognitiōnem differendam exīstimāvī, ut tē, domine, cōnsulerem, quid sequendum putārēs.For these reasons I thought the whole inquiry should be postponed, so that I might consult you, sir, on what you thought should be followed.

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Grammar in this passage: indirect statement ×2, gerunds and gerundives ×2, purpose clauses ×1

Latin vocabulary for this passage (69 words)
ecdicus, -ī m.public advocate of a Greek city
dominus, -ī m.master, owner
cīvitās, -tātis, f.state
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītusseek, ask; attack
apud, prep, with acc.among, with
ego, meī, pers. pron.I
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
dēnārius, -ī m.denarius, a silver coin, about a day's wage for a labourer
circiter, prep. with acc. and adv.about
quadrāgintā (indecl.)forty
mīlle, indecl. adj.a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands;
dōnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumgive; present (someone with something)
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
pūblicē (adv.)officially, as a state
ante, prep, with acc. and adv.before
vīgintī, indecl. adj.twenty
annus, -ī, m.year
bulē, -ēs f.council (of a Greek city), city senate
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
ecclēsia, -ae f.assembly, congregation; the Church, a church
cōnsentiō, -īre, -sēnsī, -sēnsumagree; act together
ūtor, ūtī, ūsususe
que, enclitic conj.and
mandātum, -ī n.order, instruction, message
tuus, -a, -umthy, thine, your
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
modus, -ī, m.way, manner
dōnātiō, -ōnis f.a giving, gift, donation
vetō, -āre, vetuī, vetitumforbid
contrā, prep, with acc.against, contrary to
multus, -a, -ummuch, great; plur., many
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
rēs, reī, f.thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
pūblicus, -a, -umpublic, of the state (rēs pūblica: the state)
cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, conlātusbring together; grant, confer; sē cōnferre, to betake oneself, make one's way
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
prope (adv. and prep. + acc.)near, nearly
tōtus, -a, -umall the, the whole or entire
facultās, -tātis, f.possibility, opportunity, chance, means
ērogō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuspay out, spend
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictussay, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
addō, -ere, -didī, -ditusadd, put to
etiam, adv.and now, also, too, even
tempus, temporis, n.time, season
spatium, -ī, n.space, interval; space of time, time
postulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusask, request, demand
nē, adv.not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
prō, prep. with abl.before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for
ōlim, adv.once upon a time, once, formerly, of old
accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptustake to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer
cum, prep, with abl.with
ēversiō, -ōnis f.overthrow, destruction, demolition
reliquus, -a, -umleft, the remaining, the other, the rest of
dignitās, -ātis f.rank, standing, prestige
reddō, -dere, -didī, -ditusgive back, return, restore; render
cōgō, cōgere, coēgī, coāctusdrive together, collect; compel
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
causa, -ae, f.cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of
integer, -gra, -grumuntouched, fresh, whole
cognitiō, -ōnis f.learning, knowledge, study
differō, differre, distulī, dīlātumdiffer; scatter, put off
exīstimō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusconsider, believe, think
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
cōnsulō, -ere, -uī, -tusconsult
quis, quid, interrog. pron.who? which? what?
sequor, sequī, secūtusfollow
putō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusthink
Pliny, Epistulae X. Latin text: the Perseus digital text of Pliny's Letters, public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.