Ep. 10.120.1Ūsque in hoc tempus, domine, neque cuiquam diplōmata commodāvī neque in rem ūllam nisi tuam mīsī.Up to this time, sir, I have neither lent travel permits to anyone nor sent anyone on any business except your own. Ep. 10.120.1Quam perpetuam servātiōnem meam quaedam necessitās rūpit.This unbroken practice of mine a certain necessity has broken. Ep. 10.120.2Uxōrī enim meae audītā morte avī volentī ad amitam suam excurrere ūsum eōrum negāre dūrum putāvī, cum tālis officiī grātia in celeritāte cōnsisteret, scīremque tē ratiōnem itineris probātūrum, cuius causa erat pietās.For when my wife, on hearing of her grandfather's death, wished to hurry to her aunt, I thought it harsh to deny her the use of them, since the value of such a duty lay in its speed, and since I knew that you would approve of a journey whose motive was family affection. Ep. 10.120.2Haec tibi scrīpsī, quia mihi parum grātus fore vidēbar, sī dissimulāssem inter alia beneficia hoc ūnum quoque mē dēbēre indulgentiae tuae, quod fīdūciā eius quasi cōnsultō tē nōn dubitāvī facere, quem sī cōnsuluissem, sērō fēcissem.I have written this to you because I thought I should seem insufficiently grateful if I concealed that, among your other favours, I owe this one too to your indulgence: that, trusting in it, I did not hesitate to act as if I had consulted you, whereas if I had consulted you I should have acted too late.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.120
Travel permits for Pliny's wife
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (74 words)
| ūsque, adv. | all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| dominus, -ī m. | master, owner |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron. | any one, anything |
| diplōma, -atis n. | official letter of authority, travel warrant, permit |
| commodō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | lend, provide, supply |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| ūllus, -a, -um | any |
| nisi, conj. | if not, unless |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| perpetuus, -a, -um | continuous, perpetual; in perpetuum, for all time, forever |
| servātiō, -ōnis f. | observance, keeping (of a rule) |
| meus, -a, -um | my, mine |
| quīdam, quaedam, quoddam, indef. pron. | a certain, certain |
| necessitās, -ātis f. | necessity, compulsion |
| rumpō, rumpere, rūpī, ruptus | break, burst |
| uxor, -ōris, f. | wife |
| enim, conj. | for |
| audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | hear; listen or attend to |
| mors, mortīs, f. | death |
| avus, -ī, m. | grandfather |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| amita, -ae f. | aunt (father's sister) |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| excurrō, -ere, -cucurrī or -currī, -cursum | run out, make a sally |
| ūsus, -ūs, m. | use; experience |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| negō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | say no or not, deny, refuse |
| dūrus, -a, -um | hard; harsh; difficult |
| putō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | think |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| tālis, -e | such |
| officium, -ī, n. | service; duty |
| grātia, -ae, f. | favor; gratitude, thanks; plur., thanks; grātiās agere, to give thanks, thank; grātiam referre, to return a favor, show gratitude, requite |
| celeritās, -tātis, f. | swiftness, quickness, speed |
| cōnsistō, -sistere, -stitī, -stitus | station oneself, take one's stand; consist |
| sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | know |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| ratiō, -ōnis, f. | plan, means, method, manner; reason; account |
| iter, itineris, n. | a going, journey, march; iter facere, to journey, march |
| probō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | prove, show; approve |
| causa, -ae, f. | cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| pietās, -ātis f. | dutifulness, devotion to family and gods |
| scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptus | write |
| quia (conj.) | because |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| parum (comp. minus, superl. minimē) | too little; minimē: least, not at all |
| grātus, -a, -um | pleasing, grateful |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| sī, conj. | if |
| dissimulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | hide, disguise, pretend not to notice |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| alius, -a, -ud | another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others |
| beneficium, -ī, n. | well-doing, kindness, service, benefit |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| quoque, adv. | also |
| dēbeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | owe; with infin., ought |
| indulgentia, -ae f. | kindness, indulgence, favour |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| fīdūcia, -ae f. | confidence, trust, reliance |
| quasi, conj. | as if |
| cōnsulō, -ere, -uī, -tus | consult |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| dubitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | doubt, hesitate |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| sērō (adv.) | late, in the evening; too late |
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