Vocab
benignitas, benignitatis (f)
act of kindness, favor
donec
until
pietas, pietatis
duty, piety, family feeling
Find the main verb(s): "nihil opus est, mi Secunde carissime, ad continendas custodias plures commilitiones converti."
opus est
Pliny is the governor of this province
Bithynia
incendium, incendii (n)
fire
opus est
there is need (of)
nondum
not yet
Find the accusative: "interim publicis servis paucos milites addidi."
paucos milites
Trajan thinks that they should guard the prisons
public slaves
ne quis, ne quid
that no one, that nothing
be lacking, be unavailable
consuetudo, consuetudinis (f)
custom
Find the nominative: "multae enim pecuniae variis ex causis a privatis detinentur"
multae pecuniae
Pliny has allowed his wife a travel pass for this reason
to visit her aunt
truth
veritas, veritatis (f)
different
diversus, -a, -um
duty, piety, family feeling
pietas, pietatis (f)
What type of sentence is: "nam et esse eas vexatas satis constat"?
indirect statement
Why doesn't Trajan send Pliny a surveyor?
There aren't enough to go around for the building projects in and around Rome
to deserve
mereo, merere, merui, meritum
to set up, establish
instituo, instituere, institui, institutum
to find
reperio, reperire, repperi, repertum
"excutiendae sunt" is an example of what?
gerundive
On what day has Pliny arrived in Bithynia (and what "holiday" falls on this day)?
15 days before the Kalends of October
September 17
Trajan's birthday