Ep. 10.99.1Ratiōnis est, mī Secunde cārissime, contegī aquam istam, quae per cīvitātem Amastriānōrum fluit, sī intēcta salūbritātī obest.It is reasonable, my dearest Secundus, that that water which flows through the city of Amastris should be covered over, if, while uncovered, it is harmful to health. Ep. 10.99.1Pecūnia nē huic operī dēsit, cūrātūrum tē secundum dīligentiam tuam certum habeō.That money may not be lacking for this work, I am sure you will see to with your usual diligence.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.99
Trajan approves covering the sewer
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (27 words)
| ratiō, -ōnis, f. | plan, means, method, manner; reason; account |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| meus, -a, -um | my, mine |
| cārus, -a, -um | dear, precious |
| contegō, -tegere, -tēxī, -tēctus | cover |
| aqua, -ae, f. | water |
| iste, ista, istud, dem. pron. | that of yours, that |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| cīvitās, -tātis, f. | state |
| fluō, -ere, flūxī | flow |
| sī, conj. | if |
| integō, -ere, -tēxī, -tēctus | cover over, cover |
| salūbritās, -ātis f. | healthiness, wholesome conditions |
| obsum, -esse, -fuī | be against, harm (with dat.) |
| pecūnia, -ae, f. | money (the possession of cattle constituting wealth in early times) |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| opus, operis, n. | work, task |
| dēsum, deesse, dēfuī | be lacking, fail |
| cūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | take care of; (+ gerundive) have something done |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| secundum (prep. + acc.) | after, besides; along |
| dīligentia, -ae, f. | care, diligence, industry |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| certus, -a, -um | determined, fixed, certain; certiōrem facere, to make more certain, inform |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
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