AP Latin Pliny Letter 10.5 Translation

C. Plīnius Traiānō Imperātōrī salutem dicit,

Gaius Pliny says greetings to Emperor Trajan,

in Proximō annō, Domine, gravissimā valētūdine usque ad perīculum vītae vexātus

last year, Lord, having been afflicted by a very serious illness up to the danger of life

ego iatralipten assūmpsī;

I took on a masseur (medical attendant);

cuius sollicitūdinī et studiō tuae tantum indulgentiae beneficiō referre grātiam parem possum.

to whose care and attentiveness I am able to return equal thanks only through the benefit of your indulgence.

Quārē rogō dēs eī cīvitātem Rōmānam.

Therefore, I ask that you give him Roman citizenship.

Est enim vir peregrīnae condiciōnis manūmissus ā peregrīnā.

For he is a man of foreign status, freed by a foreign woman.

Vocātur ipse Arpocrās,

He himself is called Harpocrates,

patrōnam habuit Thermuthin Theōnis, quae iam prīdem dēfūncta est.

he had as a patroness Thermuthis, daughter of Theon, who has long since died.

Item rogō dēs iūs Quirītium lībertīs Antōniae Maximillae, ōrnātissimae fēminae,

Likewise, I ask that you give the ius Quiritium (full citizen rights) to the freedwomen of Antonia Maximilla, a very distinguished woman,

Hediae et Antōniae Harmeridī;

Hedia and Antonia Harmeris;

quod ā tē petente patrōnā petō.

which I request from you at the request of their patroness.