Pliny, Letter 10.73

Trajan asks for the decree

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Ep. 10.73.1Sī mihi senātūs cōnsultum mīseris quod haesitātiōnem tibi fēcit, aestimābō an dēbeās cognōscere dē agnōscendīs līberīs et nātālibus vērīs restituendīs.If you send me the decree of the senate which caused you hesitation, I shall judge whether you ought to hear cases concerning the recognition of children and the restoration of true birth status.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (20 words)

sī, conj.	if
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
senātus, -ūs m.	senate
cōnsultum, -ī n.	decree (senātūs cōnsultum: a decree of the Senate)
mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus	send
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
haesitātiō, -ōnis f.	hesitation, indecision
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
aestimō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	value, reckon
an, conj.	or (in questions)
dēbeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus	owe; with infin., ought
cognōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus	find out, learn; in tenses of completed action, have found out, know
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
agnōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus, recognize
līberī, -ōrum, m. plur.	children
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
nātālis, -e	of birth (diēs nātālis: birthday)
vērus, -a, -um	true; rē vērā, in truth, in fact
restituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus	set up again, put back, restore

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