Letter 2012: ...I'm waiting impatiently for your arrival.
...I'm waiting impatiently for your arrival. And I know this letter will reach you not far from the city. The honorable Patricius, whom you chose as the advance guard of your journey, has announced that you'll be here soon.
May the gods make it so! I've kept things brief for the moment, but I'm saving plenty for our conversation in person.
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Latin / Greek Original
rum — adventum tuum inpatienter opperior. et sane scio litteras meas tibi haud
longe ab urbe reddendas. nam sanctus Patricius, quem praesulem itineris tui esse
voluisti, brevi te adfore nuntiavit. dii vertant benel pro tempore pauca libavimus,
30 sed fabulis plura servamus.
adenuncium K, copieatium F 4 qnid P mente loqueris et F sunt F 5 namque] quae
sic F 6 detrahas VF{r) uale add, V
16 om. VM 20 possit] M, poscit PV fort. serib. accessurum 23 mores] Cuiaciu$,
maiores PVM(PP) petentes PV, petente M uaie add, VM
add. VM
46 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE
XII ante a. 395.
Revision history
- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
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