Ep. 7.23.1Gaudeō quidem esse tē tam fortem, ut Mediolānī occurrere Tīrōnī possīs, sed ut persevērēs esse tam fortis, rogō nē tibi contrā ratiōnem aetātis tantum labōris iniungās.I am glad indeed that you are so strong that you can meet Tiro at Mediolanum, but so that you may go on being so strong, I ask you not to lay so much effort on yourself, against what your age allows. Ep. 7.23.1Quīn immō dēnūntiō, ut illum et domī et intrā domum atque etiam intrā cubiculī līmen exspectēs.Indeed, I insist that you wait for him at home, and inside the house, and even inside the threshold of your bedroom. Ep. 7.23.2Etenim, cum ā mē ut frāter dīligātur, nōn dēbet ab eō quem ego parentis locō observō, exigere officium quod parentī suō remīsisset.For since he is loved by me as a brother, he ought not to demand from one whom I respect in the place of a parent a duty from which he would have excused his own parent. Ep. 7.23.2Valē.Farewell.
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Pliny · Epistulae VII
Pliny, Letter 7.23
Do not overtax yourself
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (49 words)
| gaudeō, gaudēre, gāvīsus | be glad, rejoice |
| quidem, adv. | in fact, indeed, certainly; nē ... quidem, not ... even |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| tam, adv. | so |
| fortis, -e | brave |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| occurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus | run against, meet |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| sed, conj. | but |
| persevērō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | persist |
| rogō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | ask |
| nē, adv. | not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest |
| contrā, prep, with acc. | against, contrary to |
| ratiō, -ōnis, f. | plan, means, method, manner; reason; account |
| aetās, -tātis, f. | age |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| labor, -ōris, m. | labor, toil |
| iniungō, -ere, -iūnxī, -iūnctus | join to; impose, inflict |
| quīn, conj. | so that ... not, but that, but |
| immō (adv.) | no rather, on the contrary; immō vērō: no, indeed, even |
| dēnūntiō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | announce, declare; warn |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| domus, -ūs, f. | house, home |
| intrā, prep. with acc. | within |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| etiam, adv. | and now, also, too, even |
| cubiculum, -ī, n. | bedroom |
| līmen, -minis, n. | threshold; door |
| exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātus | look out for, wait for, await, expect; wait |
| etenim (conj.) | for indeed, and in fact |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| frāter, frātris, m. | brother |
| dīligō, -ere, -lēxī, -lēctus | love, value highly |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| dēbeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | owe; with infin., ought |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| parēns, -entis m./f. | parent |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| observō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | watch; keep, respect |
| exigō, -ere, -ēgī, -āctum | drive out; finish, spend (a season) |
| officium, -ī, n. | service; duty |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| remittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missum | send back; give up, remit |
| valeō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus | be strong or effectual, have effect, prevail |
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