Ep. 10.25.1Servīlius Pudēns lēgātus, domine, VIII Kal. Decembrēs Nīcomēdīam vēnit mēque longae exspectātiōnis sollicitūdine līberāvit.The legate Servilius Pudens, my lord, came to Nicomedia on the eighth day before the Kalends of December and freed me from the anxiety of a long wait.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.25
The legate Servilius Pudens arrives
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| lēgātus, -ī, m. | ambassador |
| dominus, -ī m. | master, owner |
| Roman numeral | a number written with letters: I 1, V 5, X 10, L 50, C 100, D 500, M 1000 |
| Kalendae, -ārum f. pl. | the Kalends (1st day of the month) |
| December, -bris, -bre | of December (Nōnae Decembrēs: 5 December) |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| longus, -a, -um | long; tedious |
| exspectātiō, -ōnis f. | waiting, expectation |
| sollicitūdō, -tūdinis, f. | anxiety, care, apprehension |
| līberō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | set free, free, liberate, release |
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