Ep. 2.15.1Quō modō tē veterēs Marsī tuī?How are your old Marsian lands treating you? Ep. 2.15.1quō modō ēmptiō nova Placent agrī, postquam tuī factī sunt?how is your new purchase? Do the fields please you, now that they have become yours? Ep. 2.15.1Rārum id quidem nihil enim aequē grātum est adeptīs quam concupīscentibus.That is rare indeed, for nothing is as pleasing to those who have obtained it as to those who long for it. Ep. 2.15.2Mē praedia māterna parum commodē trāctant, dēlectant tamen ut māterna, et aliōquī longā patientiā occalluī.My mother's estates treat me none too kindly, yet they delight me as being my mother's, and besides I have grown hardened through long endurance. Ep. 2.15.2Habent hunc fīnem assiduae querellae, quod querī pudet.Constant complaints have this end, that one is ashamed to complain. Ep. 2.15.2Valē.Farewell.
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Pliny · Epistulae II
Pliny, Letter 2.15
Estates old and new
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| quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj. | what? |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| vetus, veteris | old, former |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| ēmptiō, -ōnis f. | purchase, buying; thing bought |
| novus, -a, -um | new; novissimus, last |
| placeō, -ēre, placuī, placitum (+ dat.) | please (placuit eī: he decided) |
| ager, agri, m. | field, land |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| rārus, -a, -um | scattered, few |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| quidem, adv. | in fact, indeed, certainly; nē ... quidem, not ... even |
| nihil, n., indecl. | nothing |
| enim, conj. | for |
| aequē (adv.) | equally, just as; aequē ac: just as |
| grātus, -a, -um | pleasing, grateful |
| adipīscor, -ī, adeptus sum | obtain, win, gain |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| concupīscō, -cupīscere, -cupīvī, -cupītus | long for, covet |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| praedium, -ī n. | estate, farm |
| māternus, -a, -um | of a mother, maternal |
| parum (comp. minus, superl. minimē) | too little; minimē: least, not at all |
| commodē (adv.) | conveniently, easily, well |
| trāctō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | handle, touch, feel |
| dēlectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | please, delight; passive: enjoy, take pleasure in |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| aliōquī (adv.) | otherwise; in other respects |
| longus, -a, -um | long; tedious |
| patientia, -ae f. | endurance, hardiness |
| occallēscō, -ere, -calluī | grow hard, grow a thick skin |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| fīnis, -is, m. | end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country |
| assiduus, -a, -um | constant, unremitting |
| querella (querēla), -ae f. | complaint, lament |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| queror, -ī, questus sum | complain |
| pudet, -ēre, puduit (impers.) | it shames, one is ashamed |
| valeō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus | be strong or effectual, have effect, prevail |
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