Ep. 10.91.1Ut coepistī, Secunde cārissime, explōrā dīligenter, an locus ille quem suspectum habēs sustinēre opus aquae ductūs possit.As you have begun, my dearest Secundus, examine carefully whether that place which you regard as suspect can support the work of an aqueduct. Ep. 10.91.1Neque dubitandum putō, quīn aqua perdūcenda sit in colōniam Sinōpēnsem, sī modo et vīribus suīs assequī potest, cum plūrimum ea rēs et salūbritātī et voluptātī eius collātūra sit.Nor do I think there should be any doubt that water should be brought to the colony of Sinope, provided it can achieve this with its own resources, since the project will contribute a great deal both to its health and to its enjoyment.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.91
Trajan approves the aqueduct
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| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action) | have begun, began |
| cārus, -a, -um | dear, precious |
| explōrō, -plōrāre, -plōrāvī, -plōrātus | search out, explore |
| dīligenter, adv. | carefully, diligently |
| an, conj. | or (in questions) |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| suspectus, -a, -um | suspected, mistrusted |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| sustineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold or bear up, sustain, withstand |
| opus, operis, n. | work, task |
| aqua, -ae, f. | water |
| ductus, -ūs m. | leadership, command |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| dubitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | doubt, hesitate |
| putō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | think |
| quīn, conj. | so that ... not, but that, but |
| perdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | lead or bring through, lead, bring |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| colōnia, -ae f. | settlement, colony |
| Sinōpēnsis, -e | of Sinope, the colony on the Black Sea |
| sī, conj. | if |
| modo, adv. | only |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| assequor, -sequī, -secūtus sum | overtake; attain, accomplish |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| plūrimum (adv.) | most, very much (plūrimum posse: be most powerful) |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| salūbritās, -ātis f. | healthiness, wholesome conditions |
| voluptās, -tātis, f. | pleasure |
| cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, conlātus | bring together; grant, confer; sē cōnferre, to betake oneself, make one's way |
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