Ep. 10.59.1Flāvius Archippus per salūtem tuam aeternitātemque petit ā mē, ut libellum quem mihi dedit mitterem tibi.Flavius Archippus has begged me by your safety and eternity to send you the petition which he gave me. Ep. 10.59.1Quod ego sīc rogantī praestandum putāvī, ita tamen ut missūrum mē notum accūsātrīcī eius facerem, ā quā et ipsā acceptum libellum hīs epistulīs iūnxī, quō facilius velut audītā utrāque parte dispicerēs, quid statuendum putārēs.I thought this should be granted to one who asked in such terms, but on condition that I made it known to his accuser that I was going to send it; and I have received a petition from her too and attached it to this letter, so that, having as it were heard both sides, you might more easily consider what you thought should be decided.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.59
Archippus sends a petition
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (39 words)
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| salūs, salūtis, f. | safety, deliverance, escape |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| aeternitās, -ātis f. | eternity; lasting fame |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus | seek, ask; attack |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| libellus, -ī m. | little book; written document; libellus repudiī: certificate of divorce |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| sīc, adv. | so, thus |
| rogō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | ask |
| praestō, -stāre, -stitī, -stitus | stand in front; show |
| putō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | think |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| nōtus, -a, -um | known, well-known, famous |
| accūsātrīx, -īcis f. | female accuser |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| epistula, -ae f. | letter |
| iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctus | join; yoke, harness |
| quō, adv. | to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long? |
| facile, adv. | easily |
| velut | even or just as, as |
| audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | hear; listen or attend to |
| uterque, utraque, utrumque | each, either, both |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| dispiciō, -ere, -spexī, -spectus | see clearly, discern |
| quis, quid, interrog. pron. | who? which? what? |
| statuō, statuere, statuī, statūtus | cause to stand; decide, resolve |
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