Ep. 10.93.1Amīsēnōs, quōrum libellum epistulae tuae iūnxerās, sī lēgibus istōrum, quibus beneficiō foederis ūtuntur, concessum est eranum habēre, possumus quō minus habeant nōn impedīre, eō facilius sī tālī collātiōne nōn ad turbās et ad illicitōs coetūs, sed ad sustinendam tenuiōrum inopiam ūtuntur.As for the people of Amisus, whose petition you had attached to your letter, if they are allowed by their own laws, which they enjoy by the favour of their treaty, to have a benefit society, we can refrain from preventing them from having one, the more readily if they use such contributions not for riots and unlawful assemblies but for relieving the poverty of the humbler sort. Ep. 10.93.1In cēterīs cīvitātibus, quae nostrō iūre obstrictae sunt, rēs huius modī prohibenda est.In the other cities, which are bound by our law, a thing of this kind must be forbidden.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.93
Trajan on benefit societies
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (43 words)
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| libellus, -ī m. | little book; written document; libellus repudiī: certificate of divorce |
| epistula, -ae f. | letter |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctus | join; yoke, harness |
| sī, conj. | if |
| lēx, lēgis f. | law |
| iste, ista, istud, dem. pron. | that of yours, that |
| beneficium, -ī, n. | well-doing, kindness, service, benefit |
| foedus, -eris n. | treaty, alliance |
| ūtor, ūtī, ūsus | use |
| concēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessus | grant, yield |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| eranus, -ī m. | a mutual-aid club, benefit society (Greek) |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| quō, adv. | to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long? |
| minus, comp. adv. | less |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| impediō, -pedīre, -pedīvī, -pedītus | hinder, prevent, impede |
| eō (adv.) | to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more) |
| facile, adv. | easily |
| tālis, -e | such |
| collātiō, -ōnis f. | bringing together; comparison |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| turba, -ae f. | crowd |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| illicitus (inlicitus), -a, -um | forbidden, unlawful |
| coetus, -ūs m. | meeting, gathering, assembly |
| sed, conj. | but |
| sustineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold or bear up, sustain, withstand |
| tenuis, -e | thin |
| inopia, -ae f. | lack, want, scarcity |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| cēterī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | the other, the remaining, the rest of |
| cīvitās, -tātis, f. | state |
| noster, -tra, -trum | our |
| iūs, iūris, n. | right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath |
| obstringō, -ere, -strīnxī, -strictum | bind, put under obligation |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| prohibeō, -hibēre, -hibuī, -hibitus | hold back, prevent, hinder |
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