Letter 1085: I've been deeply impatient with your silence — the kind of complaint that comes naturally to those who care.
I am indeed exceedingly impatient of your silence, the kind of complaint that is familiar to those who love, but I confess that by your most recent letter my longing has been satisfied. And so I am grateful, and I entreat you with much effort to indulge in writing frequently. For these services produce no weariness on account of their constancy.
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Latin / Greek Original
Snm qnidem silentii tni vehementer inpatiens, qnod genns qnerellae amantibns
familiare est, sed proximis litteris tibi desiderium meum expletum esse confiteor. ita-
qne habeo gratiam mnltoqne opere te obsecro, ut scriptioni freqnenter indnlgeas. haec 30
enim officia nuUum facinnt de adsidnitate fastidinm.
\A om. VF 15 uicissitado prioribus F dices] Lertftis, dicis PVF 16 scribendi F
pro F 17 ueniam dare non F 18 silenti V
LXXXm (LXXVII) a. 380.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.
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