Ep. 10.121.1Meritō habuistī, Secunde cārissime, fīdūciam animī meī nec dubitandum fuisset, sī exspectāssēs dōnec mē cōnsulerēs, an iter uxōris tuae diplōmatibus, quae officiō tuō dedī, adiuvandum esset, cum apud amitam suam uxor tua dēbēret etiam celeritāte grātiam adventūs suī augēre.You rightly had confidence in my attitude, my dearest Secundus, and there would have been no need to doubt, if you had waited until you consulted me, whether your wife's journey should be helped by the travel permits which I gave you for your duties, since your wife was bound to increase the gratitude for her arrival by its speed as well.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.121
Trajan approves the permits
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| meritō (adv.) | deservedly, rightly |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| cārus, -a, -um | dear, precious |
| fīdūcia, -ae f. | confidence, trust, reliance |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| meus, -a, -um | my, mine |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| dubitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | doubt, hesitate |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| sī, conj. | if |
| exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātus | look out for, wait for, await, expect; wait |
| dōnec (conj.) | until; while, as long as |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| cōnsulō, -ere, -uī, -tus | consult |
| an, conj. | or (in questions) |
| iter, itineris, n. | a going, journey, march; iter facere, to journey, march |
| uxor, -ōris, f. | wife |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| diplōma, -atis n. | official letter of authority, travel warrant, permit |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| officium, -ī, n. | service; duty |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| adiuvō, -āre, adiūvī, adiūtum | help, assist |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| apud, prep, with acc. | among, with |
| amita, -ae f. | aunt (father's sister) |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| dēbeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | owe; with infin., ought |
| etiam, adv. | and now, also, too, even |
| celeritās, -tātis, f. | swiftness, quickness, speed |
| grātia, -ae, f. | favor; gratitude, thanks; plur., thanks; grātiās agere, to give thanks, thank; grātiam referre, to return a favor, show gratitude, requite |
| adventus, -ūs, m. | approach, arrival |
| augeō, -ēre, auxī, auctum | increase, enlarge |
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