Ep. 10.50.1Potes, mī Secunde cārissime, sine sollicitūdine religiōnis, sī locī positiō vidētur hoc dēsīderāre, aedem Mātris Deum trānsferre in eam quae est accommodātior;You may, my dearest Secundus, without anxiety on religious grounds, if the situation of the site seems to require it, move the temple of the Mother of the Gods to the place which is more suitable; Ep. 10.50.1nec tē moveat, quod lēx dēdicātiōnis nūlla reperītur, cum sōlum peregrīnae cīvitātis capāx nōn sit dēdicātiōnis, quae fit nostrō iūre.nor should it trouble you that no charter of dedication is found, since the soil of a foreign city is not capable of the dedication which is made under our law.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.50
Trajan allows the temple's removal
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| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| meus, -a, -um | my, mine |
| cārus, -a, -um | dear, precious |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| sollicitūdō, -tūdinis, f. | anxiety, care, apprehension |
| religiō, -ōnis f. | religious scruple, religious duty |
| sī, conj. | if |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| positiō, -ōnis f. | position, situation; positio caeli: climate |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| dēsīderō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | long for, miss; require |
| aedēs, -is f. | temple (sg.); house (pl.) |
| māter, mātris, f. | mother |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| trānsferō, -ferre, -tulī, -lātus | carry across, transfer |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| accommodātus, -a, -um | suited, fitted |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| moveō, movēre, mōvī, mōtus | move |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| lēx, lēgis f. | law |
| dēdicātiō, -ōnis f. | dedication, consecration |
| nūllus, -a, -um | not any, none, no |
| reperiō, reperīre, repperī, repertus | find, discover |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| sōlum (adv.); solum, -ī n. | only (nōn sōlum … sed etiam: not only … but also); ground, soil |
| peregrīnus, -ī, m. | stranger, foreigner |
| cīvitās, -tātis, f. | state |
| capāx, -ācis | roomy, spacious; capable (of: gen.) |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| fīō, fierī, factus sum | be done or made, become, happen |
| noster, -tra, -trum | our |
| iūs, iūris, n. | right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath |
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