Ep. 10.44.1Optimē fēcistī, Secunde cārissime, duodēna ista Byzantiīs quae ad salūtandum mē in lēgātum impendēbantur remittendō.You did excellently, my dearest Secundus, in remitting to the Byzantines those twelve thousand which were being spent on an envoy to pay respects to me. Ep. 10.44.1Fungentur hīs partibus, etsī sōlum psēphisma per tē missum fuerit.They will fulfil this duty even if only the decree is sent through you. Ep. 10.44.1Ignōscet illīs et Moesiae praeses, sī minus illum sūmptuōsē coluerint.The governor of Moesia too will forgive them if they honour him less expensively.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.44
Trajan approves the savings
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (31 words)
| bene, adv. | well; successfully |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| cārus, -a, -um | dear, precious |
| duodēnī, -ae, -a | twelve each, twelve at a time |
| iste, ista, istud, dem. pron. | that of yours, that |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| salūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | greet; pay a morning call on |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| lēgātus, -ī, m. | ambassador |
| impendō, -ere, -pendī, -pēnsus | spend, devote (time, money, effort) |
| remittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missum | send back; give up, remit |
| fungor, fungī, fūnctus sum (+ abl.) | perform, carry out, discharge |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| etsī, conj. | even if, although |
| sōlum (adv.); solum, -ī n. | only (nōn sōlum … sed etiam: not only … but also); ground, soil |
| psēphisma, -atis n. | decree of a Greek popular assembly |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| ignōscō, -ere, ignōvī, ignōtum (+ dat.) | pardon, forgive |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| praeses, praesidis, m. | protector |
| sī, conj. | if |
| minus, comp. adv. | less |
| sūmptuōsē, adv. | extravagantly, lavishly |
| colō, colere, coluī, cultus | till, cultivate; inhabit; worship |
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