Ep. 10.62.1Manifestum, mī Secunde cārissime, nec prūdentiam nec dīligentiam tibi dēfuisse circā istum lacum, cum tam multa prōvīsa habeās, per quae nec perīclitētur exhaurīrī et magis in ūsū nōbīs futūrus sit.It is clear, my dearest Secundus, that neither prudence nor diligence has been lacking in you with regard to that lake of yours, since you have foreseen so many measures by which it will not be in danger of being drained and will be of greater use to us. Ep. 10.62.1Ēlige igitur id quod praecipuē rēs ipsa suāserit.Choose, therefore, whatever the situation itself most strongly recommends. Ep. 10.62.1Calpurnium Macrum crēdō factūrum, ut tē lībrātōre īnstruat, neque prōvinciae istae hīs artificibus carent.I believe Calpurnius Macer will see to it that he provides you with a surveyor, and those provinces of yours are not without such experts.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.62
Trajan approves the canal plans
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (43 words)
| manifestus, -a, -um | plain, clear; caught in the act |
| meus, -a, -um | my, mine |
| cārus, -a, -um | dear, precious |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| prūdentia, -ae, f. | prudence |
| dīligentia, -ae, f. | care, diligence, industry |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| dēsum, deesse, dēfuī | be lacking, fail |
| circā (adv. and prep. + acc.) | around, about |
| iste, ista, istud, dem. pron. | that of yours, that |
| lacus, -ūs, m. | lake |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| tam, adv. | so |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| prōvideō, -ēre, -vīdī, -vīsum | foresee; provide for |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| perīclitor, -ārī, -ātus sum | try, put to the test |
| exhaurio, -haurīre, -hausī, -haustus | drink up or off, drain |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| magis, comp. adv. | more, rather |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| ūsus, -ūs, m. | use; experience |
| nōs | plur. of ego |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| ēligō, -ere, ēlēgī, ēlēctum | pick out, choose |
| igitur, conj. | therefore |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| praecipuē, adv. | especially |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| suādeō, -ēre, suāsī, suāsus | advise, urge |
| macer, -cra, -crum | lean, thin, meagre; (of soil) poor |
| crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | believe |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| lībrātor, -ōris m. | leveller, surveyor (of water levels) |
| īnstruo, -struere, -strūxī, -strūctus | build in or into; draw up; equip, furnish, |
| prōvincia, -ae f. | province; here, the Roman Province in southern Gaul |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| artifex, -icis m. | artist, craftsman; scaenicus artifex: actor |
| careō, -ēre, -uī | be without, lack (+ abl.) |
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