Ep. 10.24.1Sī īnstrūctiō novī balineī onerātūra vīrēs Prūsēnsium nōn est, possumus dēsīderiō eōrum indulgēre, modo nē quid ideō aut intribuātur aut minus illīs in posterum fīat ad necessāriās ērogātiōnēs.If building a new bath will not overburden the resources of the people of Prusa, we can grant their wish, provided that no new levy is imposed for it and that they have no less in future for necessary expenses.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.24
Trajan permits the bath
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| sī, conj. | if |
| īnstrūctiō, -ōnis f. | building, construction; arrangement |
| novus, -a, -um | new; novissimus, last |
| balineum (balneum), -ī n. | bath, bathroom |
| onerō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | load, burden |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| dēsīderium, -ī, n. | desire, longing |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| indulgeō, -ēre, indulsī (+ dat.) | be kind to, favour |
| modo, adv. | only |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| quis, qua, quid, indef. pron. | any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something |
| ideō (adv.) | for that reason, therefore |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| intribuō, -ere, -uī, -ūtus | levy as a contribution, impose as a tax |
| minus, comp. adv. | less |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| posterus, -a, -um | following, next |
| fīō, fierī, factus sum | be done or made, become, happen |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| necessārius, -a, -um; as noun, -ī m. | necessary, critical; (noun) close friend, relative |
| ērogātiō, -ōnis f. | expenditure, paying out |
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