Ep. 10.69.1Dūrum est iniungere necessitātem prōvinciālibus pontificum adeundōrum, sī reliquiās suōrum propter aliquās iūstās causās trānsferre ex locō in alium locum velint.It is harsh to impose on provincials the necessity of approaching the pontiffs, if they wish to move the remains of their relatives from one place to another for some just reasons. Ep. 10.69.1Sequenda ergō potius tibi exempla sunt eōrum, quī istī prōvinciae praefuērunt, et ut causa cuique, ita aut permittendum aut negandum.You should therefore rather follow the precedents of those who have governed that province, and permit or refuse according to each person's case.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.69
Trajan on moving remains
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| dūrus, -a, -um | hard; harsh; difficult |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| iniungō, -ere, -iūnxī, -iūnctus | join to; impose, inflict |
| necessitās, -ātis f. | necessity, compulsion |
| prōvinciālis, -e | of the Province; as noun, a provincial |
| pontifex, -icis m. | priest, pontiff (pontifex maximus: chief priest of Rome) |
| adeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go to, approach |
| sī, conj. | if |
| reliquiae, -ārum f. pl. | remains, what is left over, leftovers |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| propter, prep. with acc. | on account of, because of |
| aliquī, -qua, -quod, indef. pron. adj. | some, any |
| iūstus, -a, -um | just |
| causa, -ae, f. | cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of |
| trānsferō, -ferre, -tulī, -lātus | carry across, transfer |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| alius, -a, -ud | another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| sequor, sequī, secūtus | follow |
| ergō (adv.) | therefore, then; quid ergō? what then? |
| potius (adv.) | rather |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| exemplum, -ī n. | example, precedent |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| iste, ista, istud, dem. pron. | that of yours, that |
| prōvincia, -ae f. | province; here, the Roman Province in southern Gaul |
| praesum, -esse, -fuī | be before, preside over, have charge of, command |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| quisque, quaeque, quidque, indef. pron. | each |
| ita, adv. | in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| permittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missum | allow, permit; entrust |
| negō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | say no or not, deny, refuse |
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