Ep. 10.48.1Libellus Apamēnōrum, quem epistulae tuae iūnxerās, remīsit mihi necessitātem perpendendī quālia essent, propter quae vidērī volunt eōs, quī prō cōnsulibus hanc prōvinciam obtinuērunt, abstinuisse īnspectātiōne ratiōnum suārum, cum ipsī ut eās īnspicerēs nōn recūsāverint.The petition of the Apameans, which you had attached to your letter, has relieved me of the necessity of weighing what their reasons are for wanting it to appear that those who governed this province as proconsuls refrained from inspecting their accounts, since they themselves have not refused to let you inspect them. Ep. 10.48.2Remūneranda est igitur probitās eōrum, ut iam nunc sciant hoc, quod īnspectūrus es, ex meā voluntāte salvīs, quae habent, prīvilēgiīs esse factūrum.Their honesty must therefore be rewarded, so that they may know even now that what you are about to inspect you will do at my wish, without prejudice to the privileges they possess.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.48
Trajan respects Apamea's privileges
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| libellus, -ī m. | little book; written document; libellus repudiī: certificate of divorce |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| epistula, -ae f. | letter |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctus | join; yoke, harness |
| remittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missum | send back; give up, remit |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| necessitās, -ātis f. | necessity, compulsion |
| perpendō, -ere, -pendī, -pēnsus | weigh carefully, consider, assess |
| quālis, -e | of what sort? what kind of? |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| propter, prep. with acc. | on account of, because of |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| prō, prep. with abl. | before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for |
| cōnsul, -ulis m. | consul (one of Rome's two chief magistrates) |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| prōvincia, -ae f. | province; here, the Roman Province in southern Gaul |
| obtineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold |
| abstineō, -ēre, abstinuī, abstentum | keep away, hold back (from) |
| īnspectātiō, -ōnis f. | inspection, examination |
| ratiō, -ōnis, f. | plan, means, method, manner; reason; account |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| īnspiciō, -spicere, -spēxī, -spectus | look into or upon |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| recūsō, -cūsāre, -cūsāvī, -cūsātus | give a reason against, refuse |
| remūnerō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | repay, reward |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| probitās, -ātis f. | honesty, uprightness |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| nunc, adv. | now |
| sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | know |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| meus, -a, -um | my, mine |
| voluntās, -tātis, f. | wish, will |
| salvus, -a, -um | safe, unharmed |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| prīvilēgium, -ī n. | special right, privilege |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
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