Ep. 10.90.1Sinōpēnsēs, domine, aquā dēficiuntur;The people of Sinope, sir, are short of water; Ep. 10.90.1quae vidētur et bona et cōpiōsa ab sextō decimō mīliāriō posse perdūcī.and it seems that good and plentiful water could be brought from the sixteenth milestone. Ep. 10.90.1Est tamen statim ab capite paulō amplius passūs mīlle locus suspectus et mollis, quem ego interim explōrārī modicō impendiō iussī, an recipere et sustinēre opus possit.There is, however, right at the source, for a little more than a mile, a place that is suspect and soft, which I have meanwhile ordered to be examined at moderate expense, to see whether it can take and support the work. Ep. 10.90.2Pecūnia cūrantibus nōbīs contrācta nōn dēerit, sī tū, domine, hoc genus operis et salūbritātī et amoenitātī valdē sitientis colōniae indulseris.Money, collected under my supervision, will not be lacking, if you, sir, grant this kind of work for the health and pleasure of a colony that is badly parched.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.90
An aqueduct for Sinope
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| dominus, -ī m. | master, owner |
| aqua, -ae, f. | water |
| dēficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | fail |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| bonus, -a, -um | good |
| cōpiōsus, -a, -um | well supplied, wealthy |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| sextus, -a, -um | sixth |
| decimus, -a, -um | tenth |
| mīliārium, -ī n. | a milestone |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| perdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | lead or bring through, lead, bring |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| statim, adv. | on the spot, forthwith, at once, immediately |
| caput, capitis, n. | head |
| paulō, adv. | by a little, a little, somewhat |
| amplē (adv.; superl. amplissimē) | generously, handsomely |
| passus, -ūs, m. | pace (mīlia passuum: miles) |
| mīlle, indecl. adj. | a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands; |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| suspectus, -a, -um | suspected, mistrusted |
| mollis, -e | soft, weak |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| interim (adv.) | meanwhile |
| explōrō, -plōrāre, -plōrāvī, -plōrātus | search out, explore |
| modicus, -a, -um | moderate, small; modicum: a little |
| impendium, -ī n. | expense, outlay, cost |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| an, conj. | or (in questions) |
| recipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take or get back, recover; sē recipere, to betake oneself, withdraw; to collect oneself, recover |
| sustineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold or bear up, sustain, withstand |
| opus, operis, n. | work, task |
| pecūnia, -ae, f. | money (the possession of cattle constituting wealth in early times) |
| cūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | take care of; (+ gerundive) have something done |
| nōs | plur. of ego |
| contrahō, -ere, -trāxī, -trāctum | draw together, collect |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| dēsum, deesse, dēfuī | be lacking, fail |
| sī, conj. | if |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| genus, generis, n. | kind, nature |
| salūbritās, -ātis f. | healthiness, wholesome conditions |
| amoenitās, -ātis f. | pleasantness, charm (of a place) |
| valdē, adv. | very, greatly |
| sitiō, -īre, -īvī | be thirsty, thirst |
| colōnia, -ae f. | settlement, colony |
| indulgeō, -ēre, indulsī (+ dat.) | be kind to, favour |
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