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Pliny · Epistulae X

Pliny, Letter 10.94

A favour for Suetonius

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Ep. 10.94.1Suētōnium Tranquillum, probissimum honestissimum ērudītissimum virum, et mōrēs eius secūtus et studia iam prīdem, domine, in contubernium assūmpsī, tantōque magis dīligere coepī quantō nunc propius īnspēxī.Suetonius Tranquillus, a most upright, honourable and learned man, whose character and studies I have long followed, sir, I took into my household, and I have begun to love him all the more, the more closely I have now come to know him. Ep. 10.94.2Huic iūs trium līberōrum necessārium faciunt duae causae;Two reasons make the right of three children necessary for him; Ep. 10.94.2nam et iūdicia amīcōrum prōmerētur et parum fēlīx mātrimōnium expertus est, impetrandumque ā bonitāte tuā per nōs habet quod illī fortūnae malignitās dēnegāvit.for he both deserves the good opinion of his friends and has had an unhappy experience of marriage, and he must obtain from your kindness, through me, what the spitefulness of fortune has denied him. Ep. 10.94.3Sciō, domine, quantum beneficium petam, sed petō ā tē cuius in omnibus dēsīderiīs meīs indulgentiam experior.I know, sir, how great a favour I am asking, but I am asking it of you, whose indulgence I experience in all my requests.

Ep. 10.94.3Potes enim colligere quantō opere cupiam, quod nōn rogārem absēns sī mediocriter cuperem.For you can gather how greatly I desire it from the fact that I would not ask while absent if I desired it only moderately.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (73 words)
probus, -a, -umgood, honest, upright; (of a woman) respectable
honestus, -a, -umrespected, honourable
ērudītus, -a, -umlearned, educated, cultivated
vir, virī, m.man
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
mōs, mōris, m.way, manner, habit, custom
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
sequor, sequī, secūtusfollow
studium, -ī, n.eagerness, zeal; study, pursuit
iam, adv.now, already
prīdem (adv.)long ago; iam prīdem: long since
dominus, -ī m.master, owner
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
contubernium, -ī n.a company sharing a tent or table; in Mark 6.39 a group, a party (of diners)
assūmō, -ere, -sūmpsī, -sūmptustake up, receive; take to oneself
tantus, -a, -umso great or much
que, enclitic conj.and
magis, comp. adv.more, rather
dīligō, -ere, -lēxī, -lēctuslove, value highly
coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action)have begun, began
quantus, -a, -umhow great or much?
nunc, adv.now
prope (adv. and prep. + acc.)near, nearly
īnspiciō, -spicere, -spēxī, -spectuslook into or upon
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
iūs, iūris, n.right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath
trēs, tria, plur. adj.three
līberī, -ōrum, m. plur.children
necessārius, -a, -um; as noun, -ī m.necessary, critical; (noun) close friend, relative
faciō, facere, fēcī, factusmake, do; iter facere, see iter
duo, -ae, -o, plur. adj.two
causa, -ae, f.cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of
nam, conj.for
iūdicium, -ī n.trial, court; judgment
amīcus, -ī, m.friend
prōmō, prōmere, prōmpsī, prōmptustake or bring out, produce
parum (comp. minus, superl. minimē)too little; minimē: least, not at all
fēlīx, -īcisfortunate, lucky, happy
mātrimōnium, -ī, n.marriage; in mātrimōnium dūcere, marry
experior, -īrī, expertus sumtry, test, experience
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
impetrō, -petrāre, -petrāvī, -petrātusgain one's end, obtain (a request)
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
bonitās, -ātis f.goodness, fertility (of land)
tuus, -a, -umthy, thine, your
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
nōsplur. of ego
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itushave, hold; consider
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
fortūna, -ae, f.fortune
malignitās, -ātis f.spite, ill will, malice; meanness
dēnegō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumrefuse
sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītusknow
beneficium, -ī, n.well-doing, kindness, service, benefit
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītusseek, ask; attack
sed, conj.but
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
omnis, -eall, every
dēsīderium, -ī, n.desire, longing
meus, -a, -ummy, mine
indulgentia, -ae f.kindness, indulgence, favour
possum, posse, potuībe able, have power, can
enim, conj.for
colligō, -ere, -lēgī, -lēctumgather, collect (sē colligere: recover oneself)
opus, operis, n.work, task
cupiō, -ere, -īvī, -ītusdesire, long for, wish
quod, conj.that, in that, because
nōn, adv.not
rogō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusask
absum, abesse, āfuī, āfutūrusbe away, be absent, be distant; be wanting
sī, conj.if
mediocriter (adv.)moderately (nōn mediocriter: greatly)
Pliny, Epistulae X. Latin text: the Perseus digital text of Pliny's Letters, public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.