[94] (1) Cognitum hoc est tōtā cīvitāte. Rufinum omnēs execrātī mē laudibus tulēre. (2) Vēnerat ad nōs, priusquam istam dōnātiōnem perficeret, cum dissimilī istō frātre suō Pontiānus, pedēs nostrōs advolūtus veniam et oblīviōnem praeteritōrum omnium postulārat, flēns et manūs nostrās ōsculābundus ac dīcēns paenitēre quod Rufīnō et similibus auscultārit. (3) Petit posteā suppliciter, utī sē Lolliānō quoque Avītō clārissimō virō pūrgem, cui haud prīdem tīrōciniō ōrātiōnis suae fuerat ā mē commendātus. (4) Quippe compererat ante paucōs diēs omnia mē, ut ācta erant, ad eum perscrīpsisse. (5) Id quoque ā mē impetrat. Itaque acceptīs litterīs Carthāginem pergit, ubi iam prope exāctō cōnsulātūs suī mūnere Lolliānus Avītus tē, Maxime, opperiēbātur. (6) Is epistulīs meīs lectīs prō suā eximiā hūmānitāte grātulātus Pontiānō, quod cito errōrem suum corrēxisset, rescrīpsit mihi per eum quās litterās, dī bonī, quā doctrīnā, quō lepōre, quā verbōrum amoenitāte simul et iūcunditāte, prōrsus ut 'vir bonus dīcendī perītus'!

(7) Sciō tē, Maxime, libenter eius litterās audītūrum, et quidem, sī praelegam, meā vōce prōnūntiābō. Cedo tū Avītī epistulās, ut quae semper ōrnāmentō mihi fuērunt sint nunc etiam salūtī. (8) At tū licēbit aquam sinās fluere; namque optimī virī litterās ter et quater aveō quantōvis temporis dispendiō lēctitāre. (...)

    Rūfīnus –ī m.: Rufinus (name)

    execror –ārī –ātus sum: to curse bitterly; execrate

    dōnātiō –ōnis f.: a donation, gift-giving, gift

    (2)

    perficiō perficere perfēcī perfectus: to complete, accomplish

    dissimilis dissimile: dissimilar

    Pontiānus –ī m.: Pontianus (name)

    advolvō –ere –volvī –volūtus: to fall down at

    venia veniae f.: pardon, forgiveness

    oblīviō –ōnis f.: forgetfulness, forgiveness

    praeterita -ōrum n. pl.: things gone by, the past

    postulō postulāre postulāvī postulātus: to ask, pray for, beg for

    ōsculābundus –a –um: kissing

    paenitet paenitēre paenituit: (impers.) it causes regret to (+ acc.), it makes sorry

    auscultō –āre –āvī –ātum: to listen to

    suppliciter: as a suppliant (> supplex)

    (3)

    Lolliānus Avītus –ī m.: (L. Hedius Rufus) Lollianus Avitus: proconsul of Africa (probably) 157/8

    pūrgō pūrgāre pūrgāvī pūrgātus: to absolve, clear one's name

    prīdem: long ago

    tīrocinium –(i)ī n.: initial period of training, apprenticeship

    commendō commendāre commendāvī commendātus: to entrust, recommend, approve

    comperiō comperīre comperī compertus: to find out

    (4)

    perscrībō perscrībere perscrīpsī perscrīptum: to write out in full

    impetrō impetrāre impetrāvī impetrātus: to obtain

    (5)

    Carthāgō Carthāginis f.: Carthage, capital of the province of Africa

    exigō exigere exēgī exāctum: to complete

    cōnsulātus cōnsulātūs m.: (pro)consulship, governorship of a province

    Māximus –ī m.: cognomen of Claudius Maximus, judge in the case

    opperior opperīrī oppertus/opperitus sum: to await, expect

    eximius –a –um: exceptional, distinguished

    (6)

    hūmānitās hūmānitātis f.: humanity, kindness

    grātulor gratulārī gratulātus sum: to congratulate (+ dat.)

    corrigō corrigere corrēxī corrēctus: to put right, reform

    rescrībō rescrībere rescrīpsī rescrīptum: to rewrite, reply (to)

    doctrīna –ae f.: erudition, learning

    lepus leporis m.: pleasantness, agreeableness, charm, grace, politeness, wit

    amoenitās –ātis f.: pleasantness, delightfulness

    iūcunditās –ātis f.: pleasantness

    prōrsus: exactly

    perītus –a –um: skilled in (+ gen.)

    Māximus –ī m.: Maximus

    (7)

    prae–legō –legere –lēgī –lēctum: to read aloud

    prōnūntiō prōnuntiāre prōnuntiāvī prōnuntiātus: to pronounce, speak

    cedo: bring it here!

    ōrnāmentum –ī n.: a mark of distinction, an honor

    ter: 3 times

    (8)

    quater: 4 times

    aveō –ēre: to desire

    quantusvīs quantavis quantumvis: as much or as many as you could wish

    dispendium –ī n.: expenditure, loss

    lectitō –āre: to read repeatedly

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