Ep. 7.14.1Tū quidem honestissimē, quod tam impēnsē et rogās et exigis, ut accipī iubeam ā tē pretium agrōrum nōn ē septingentīs mīlibus, quantī illōs ā lībertō meō, sed ex nōngentīs, quantī ā pūblicānīs partem vīcēnsimam ēmistī.You act most honourably, certainly, in asking and demanding so earnestly that I should order the price of the lands to be accepted from you not at seven hundred thousand, the price at which you bought them from my freedman, but at nine hundred thousand, the price at which you paid the five per cent tax to the tax-farmers. Ep. 7.14.2Invicem ego et rogō et exigō, ut nōn sōlum quid tē vērum etiam quid mē deceat aspiciās, patiārisque mē in hōc ūnō tibi eōdem animō repugnāre, quō in omnibus obsequī soleō.In return I too both ask and demand that you consider not only what becomes you but also what becomes me, and allow me in this one matter to oppose you in the same spirit in which I usually comply with you in everything. Ep. 7.14.2Valē.Farewell.
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Pliny · Epistulae VII
Pliny, Letter 7.14
Refusing Corellia's higher price
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| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| quidem, adv. | in fact, indeed, certainly; nē ... quidem, not ... even |
| honestē, adv. | honorably, decently |
| quod, conj. | that, in that, because |
| tam, adv. | so |
| impēnsē (adv.) | greatly, earnestly; comp. impēnsius, all the more |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| rogō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | ask |
| exigō, -ere, -ēgī, -āctum | drive out; finish, spend (a season) |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| pretium, -ī, n. | price, charge |
| ager, agri, m. | field, land |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| septingentī, -ae, -a | seven hundred |
| mīlle, indecl. adj. | a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands; |
| quantus, -a, -um | how great or much? |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| lībertus, -ī m. | freedman (a former slave, in relation to his former master) |
| meus, -a, -um | my, mine |
| sed, conj. | but |
| nōngentī, -ae, -a | nine hundred |
| pūblicānus, -ī m. | tax collector |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| vīcēsimus, -a, -um | twentieth |
| emō, -ere, ēmī, ēmptum | buy |
| invicem (adv.) | in turn, mutually; ad invicem: to one another |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| sōlum (adv.); solum, -ī n. | only (nōn sōlum … sed etiam: not only … but also); ground, soil |
| quis, quid, interrog. pron. | who? which? what? |
| vērum (conj.) | but, but in fact; nōn modo ... vērum etiam: not only ... but also |
| etiam, adv. | and now, also, too, even |
| decet, decēre, decuit (impers.) | it is fitting, it is proper |
| aspiciō, -spicere, -spēxī, -spectus | look at or on, behold |
| patior, patī, passus, bear | suffer, allow |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron. | the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| repugnō, -pugnāre, -pugnāvī, -pugnātus | fight against, struggle, resist |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| obsequor, -sequī, -secūtus sum | comply, give way (to: dat.) |
| soleō, -ēre, solitus sum | be accustomed, usually do |
| valeō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus | be strong or effectual, have effect, prevail |
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