Ep. 9.32.1Quid agis, quid āctūrus es?What are you doing, what are you going to do? Ep. 9.32.1Ipse vītam iūcundissimam - id est, ōtiōsissimam - vīvō.I myself am living a most pleasant — that is, a most idle — life. Ep. 9.32.1Quō fit, ut scrībere longiōrēs epistulās nōlim, velim legere, illud tamquam dēlicātus, hoc tamquam ōtiōsus.So it is that I do not want to write longer letters, but do want to read them, the one as a pampered man, the other as an idle one. Ep. 9.32.1Nihil est enim aut pigrius dēlicātīs aut cūriōsius ōtiōsīs.For nothing is lazier than the pampered or more curious than the idle. Ep. 9.32.1Valē.Farewell.
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Pliny · Epistulae IX
Pliny, Letter 9.32
A life of idle ease
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| quis, quid, interrog. pron. | who? which? what? |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| vīta, -ae, f. | life |
| iūcundus, -a, -um | sweet, pleasant |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| ōtiōsus, -a, -um | at leisure, quiet; as noun: a peaceful citizen |
| vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctus | live |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| fīō, fierī, factus sum | be done or made, become, happen |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptus | write |
| longus, -a, -um | long; tedious |
| epistula, -ae f. | letter |
| nōlō, nōlle, nōluī | not wish, be unwilling |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| legō, legere, lēgī, lēctus | choose, pick out; read |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| tamquam (adv., conj.) | as, just as; as if |
| dēlicātus, -a, -um | dainty, pampered, effeminate |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| nihil, n., indecl. | nothing |
| enim, conj. | for |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| piger, -gra, -grum | sluggish, slow |
| cūriōsus, -a, -um | careful, inquisitive; prying, nosy |
| valeō, -ēre, -uī, -itūrus | be strong or effectual, have effect, prevail |
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