C. PLĪNIUS TRAIĀNŌ IMPERĀTŌRĪ
Cum dīversam partem prōvinciae circumīrem, Nīcomēdīae vastissimum incendium multās prīvātōrum domōs et duo pūblica opera, quamquam viā interiacente, Gerūsian et Īsēōn absūmpsit. [2] Est autem lātius sparsum, prīmum violentiā ventī, deinde inertiā hominum, quōs satis cōnstat ōtiōsōs et immōbilēs tantī malī spectātōrēs perstitisse; et aliōquī nūllus usquam in pūblicō sīpō, nūlla hama, nūllum dēnique īnstrūmentum ad incendia compescenda. Et haec quidem, ut iam praecēpī, parābuntur; [3] tū, domine, dispice an īnstituendum putēs collēgium fabrōrum dumtaxat hominum CL. Ego attendam, nē quis nisi faber recipiātur nēve iūre concessō in aliud ūtantur; nec erit difficile cūstōdīre tam paucōs.
vocabulary
circumeo (circueō) –īre –iī (–īvī) circuitus: to go around
Nīcomēdīa –ae, f.: Nicomedia (place)
vāstus –a –um: empty; vast
interiaceō –ēre –uī —: to lie between
Gerūsia –ae, f.: Gerusia (place)
Īsēum (Īsīum) –ī, n.: Iseum (temple)
absūmō –sumere –sūmpsī –sūmptum: to reduce, consume
violentia –ae, f.: violence2
inertia –ae, f.: laziness, lack of skill
ōtiōsus –a –um: at leisure
immōbilis –e: unmoved
malum malī, n.: evil, calamity
spectātor –ōris, m.: beholder
perstō perstitī perstātu: to continue standing; remain fixed
aliōquīn (aliōquī): otherwise
usquam: anywhere
publicum –ī, n.: public territory, a public place
sīphō(n) –ōnis, m.: a siphon; a sort of vessel
hama –ae, f.: a water-bucket, fire bucket
instrūmentum –ī, n.: tool, furniture
incendium –I(ī), n.: fire
compescō –pescere –pescuī — : to restrain, hold back
dispiciō –ere –spexī –spectus: to see distinctly3
collēgium –iī, n.: college, guild
faber fabrī, m.: craftsman, artisan
dumtaxat: while one examines, to this extent
quīnquāgēsimus –a –um: 50th (quīnquāgintā, 50)
attendō attendere attendī attentus: to pay attention
quis quid: anyone/thing, someone/thing (after sī, nisī, ne, or num)
neu (neve): or not, and not, nor, neither
custōdiō –īre –īvī –ītus: to guard