C. PLĪNIUS TRAIĀNŌ IMPERĀTŌRĪ
Sinōpēnsēs, domine, aquā dēficiuntur; quae vidētur et bona et cōpiōsa ab sextō decimō mīliāriō posse perdūcī. Est tamen statim ab capite paulō amplius passus mīlle locus, suspectūs et mollis, quem ego interim explōrārī modicō impendiō iussī, an recipere et sustinēre opus possit. [2] Pecūniā cūrantibus nōbīs contractā nōn dēerit, sī tū, domine, hoc genus operis et salūbritātī et amoenitātī valdē sitientis colōniae indulserīs.
vocabulary
Sinōpēnsis –e: of Sinope
cōpiōsus –a –um: plentiful
sextus –a –um: 6th (sex, 6)
mīliārium –(i)ī, n.: a mile-stone; also mīliārius –(i)ī (m.).
perdūcō –dūcere –dūxī –ductum: to bring to or over
passus passūs, m.: pace, footstep
suspectus –a –um: suspicious
explōrō –āre –āvī –ātus: to explore, investigate
modicus –a –um: moderate, modest, temperate
impendium –ī, n.: money laid out, outlay
contrahō –trahere –trāxī –tractus: to collect; shrink because of pain2
salūbritās –ātis, f.: healthfulness
amoenitās –ātis, f.: pleasantness, delightfulness
valdē: intensely (compar. valdius; super. valdissimē)
sitiō sitīre sitīvī: to be thirsty
colōnia colōniae, f.: farm, estate
indulgeō indulgēre indulsī indultus: to gratify, indulge in