Ep. 10.71.1Possumus apud Prūsēnsēs āreā istā cum domō collapsā, quam vacāre scrībis, ad exstrūctiōnem balineī ūtī.We can use that plot at Prusa, with the collapsed house which you write is vacant, for the building of the baths. Ep. 10.71.1Illud tamen parum expressistī, an aedēs in peristȳliō Claudiō facta esset.But you have not made one thing clear enough, whether a shrine was built to Claudius in the peristyle. Ep. 10.71.1Nam, sī facta est, licet collapsa sit, religiō eius occupāvit sōlum .For if it was built, even though it has collapsed, its sanctity has taken possession of the ground.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.71
Trajan on the ruined house
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (31 words)
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| apud, prep, with acc. | among, with |
| ārea, -ae f. | open space, site, building plot |
| iste, ista, istud, dem. pron. | that of yours, that |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| domus, -ūs, f. | house, home |
| collābor (conlābor), -lābī, -lapsus sum | fall together, collapse, faint |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| vacō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | be empty, be unoccupied |
| scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptus | write |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| exstrūctiō, -ōnis f. | building, erection |
| balineum (balneum), -ī n. | bath, bathroom |
| ūtor, ūtī, ūsus | use |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| parum (comp. minus, superl. minimē) | too little; minimē: least, not at all |
| exprimō, -primere, -pressī, -pressus | press out |
| an, conj. | or (in questions) |
| aedēs, -is f. | temple (sg.); house (pl.) |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| peristȳlium, -ī n. | colonnaded courtyard |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| nam, conj. | for |
| sī, conj. | if |
| licet, -ēre, -uit or -itum est, impers. | is lawful or permitted |
| religiō, -ōnis f. | religious scruple, religious duty |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| occupō, -cupāre, -cupāvī, -cupātus | seize; fill |
| sōlum (adv.); solum, -ī n. | only (nōn sōlum … sed etiam: not only … but also); ground, soil |
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