Ep. 10.14.1Victōriae tuae, optime imperātor, maximae, pulcherrimae, antīquissimae et tuō nōmine et reī pūblicae grātulor, deōsque immortālēs precor, ut omnēs cōgitātiōnēs tuās tam laetus sequātur ēventus, cum virtūtibus tantīs glōria imperiī et novētur et augeātur.On your victory, best of emperors, a victory very great, very glorious and in the oldest style, I congratulate you both on your own account and on the state's, and I pray the immortal gods that every plan of yours may be followed by as happy an outcome, so that by such great virtues the glory of the empire may be both renewed and increased.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.14
Congratulations on a great victory
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| victōria, -ae, f. | victory |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| bonus, -a, -um | good |
| imperātor, -ōris, m. | commander, general |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum | beautiful |
| antīquus, -a, -um | ancient |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| nōmen, -minis, n. | name (that by which one is known) |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| pūblicus, -a, -um | public, of the state (rēs pūblica: the state) |
| grātulor, -ārī, -ātus sum | congratulate |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| immortālis, -e | immortal |
| precor, -ārī, -ātus sum | pray, beg |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| cōgitātiō, -ōnis f. | thought, reflection; plan, intention |
| tam, adv. | so |
| laetus, -a, -um | glad, joyful |
| sequor, sequī, secūtus | follow |
| ēventus, -ūs m. | outcome, result |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| virtūs, -tūtis, f. | manliness, courage, bravery |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| glōria, -ae, f. | glory |
| imperium, -ī, n. | command; sway, rule |
| novō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | make new; rēs novāre: bring about a revolution |
| augeō, -ēre, auxī, auctum | increase, enlarge |
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