Latin 6.4 & 6.7: 1b. Translations (Class Version)

6.4 & 6.7 opening (lines 1, 17)
C. PLĪNIUS CALPURNIAE SUAE S.

Gaius Pliny sends greetings to his Calpurnia

6.4 §1 (lines 2-4)
Numquam sum magis dē occupātiōnibus meīs questus, quae mē nōn sunt passae aut proficīscentem tē valētūdinis causā in Campāniam prōsequī aut profectam ē vestīgiō subsequī.

Never have I complained more

6.4 §1 (lines 2-4)
Numquam sum magis dē occupātiōnibus meīs questus, quae mē nōn sunt passae aut proficīscentem tē valētūdinis causā in Campāniam prōsequī aut profectam ē vestīgiō subsequī.

about my occupation (my work)

6.4 §1 (lines 2-4)
Numquam sum magis dē occupātiōnibus meīs questus, quae mē nōn sunt passae aut proficīscentem tē valētūdinis causā in Campāniam prōsequī aut profectam ē vestīgiō subsequī.

which did not allow me

6.4 §1 (lines 2-4)
Numquam sum magis dē occupātiōnibus meīs questus, quae mē nōn sunt passae aut proficīscentem tē valētūdinis causā in Campāniam prōsequī aut profectam ē vestīgiō subsequī.

either to escort you setting forth

6.4 §1 (lines 2-4)
Numquam sum magis dē occupātiōnibus meīs questus, quae mē nōn sunt passae aut proficīscentem tē valētūdinis causā in Campāniam prōsequī aut profectam ē vestīgiō subsequī.

for the sake of (your) health into Campania

6.4 §1 (lines 2-4)
Numquam sum magis dē occupātiōnibus meīs questus, quae mē nōn sunt passae aut proficīscentem tē valētūdinis causā in Campāniam prōsequī aut profectam ē vestīgiō subsequī.

or to follow after you having set forth, on your footsteps (right away)

6.4 §2 (lines 4-7)
Nunc enim praecipuē simul esse cupiēbam, ut oculīs meīs crēderem quid vīribus quid corpusculō apparārēs, ecquid dēnique sēcessūs voluptātēs regiōnisque abundantiam inoffēnsa trānsmitterēs.

For now I was desiring especially to be together

6.4 §2 (lines 4-7)
Nunc enim praecipuē simul esse cupiēbam, ut oculīs meīs crēderem quid vīribus quid corpusculō apparārēs, ecquid dēnique sēcessūs voluptātēs regiōnisque abundantiam inoffēnsa trānsmitterēs.

so that I might trust (with) my eyes

6.4 §2 (lines 4-7)
Nunc enim praecipuē simul esse cupiēbam, ut oculīs meīs crēderem quid vīribus quid corpusculō apparārēs, ecquid dēnique sēcessūs voluptātēs regiōnisque abundantiam inoffēnsa trānsmitterēs.

what you added to your strength and what you added to your frail (little) body

6.4 §2 (lines 4-7)
Nunc enim praecipuē simul esse cupiēbam, ut oculīs meīs crēderem quid vīribus quid corpusculō apparārēs, ecquid dēnique sēcessūs voluptātēs regiōnisque abundantiam inoffēnsa trānsmitterēs.

and whether in short you, without harm, were passing through

6.4 §2 (lines 4-7)
Nunc enim praecipuē simul esse cupiēbam, ut oculīs meīs crēderem quid vīribus quid corpusculō apparārēs, ecquid dēnique sēcessūs voluptātēs regiōnisque abundantiam inoffēnsa trānsmitterēs.

the pleasures of the retreat and the abundance of the region

6.4 §3 (line 8)
Equidem etiam fortem tē nōn sine cūrā dēsīderārem;

I for my part would desire (miss) you, even (if you were) strong

6.4 §3 (line 8)
Equidem etiam fortem tē nōn sine cūrā dēsīderārem;

not without concern

6.4 §3 (lines 8-10)
est enim suspēnsum et ānxium dē eō, quem ārdentissimē dīligās, interdum nihil scīre.

for it is suspenseful and anxiety-ridden sometimes to know nothing

6.4 §3 (lines 8-10)
est enim suspēnsum et ānxium dē eō, quem ārdentissimē dīligās, interdum nihil scīre.

about the one whom you love most passionately

6.4 §4 (lines 10-11)
Nunc vērō mē cum absentiae tum īnfirmitātis tuae ratiō incertā et variā sollicitūdine exterret.

But now the reasoning (thought) terrifies me

6.4 §4 (lines 10-11)
Nunc vērō mē cum absentiae tum īnfirmitātis tuae ratiō incertā et variā sollicitūdine exterret.

(of) both your absence and (your) weakness

6.4 §4 (lines 10-11)
Nunc vērō mē cum absentiae tum īnfirmitātis tuae ratiō incertā et variā sollicitūdine exterret.

with uncertain and various worry

6.4 §4 (lines 11-13)
Vereor omnia, imāginor omnia, quaeque nātūra metuentium est, ea maximē mihi, quae maximē abōminor, fingō.

I fear everything, I imagine everything

6.4 §4 (lines 11-13)
Vereor omnia, imāginor omnia, quaeque nātūra metuentium est, ea maximē mihi, quae maximē abōminor, fingō.

and as is the nature of those fearing

6.4 §4 (lines 11-13)
Vereor omnia, imāginor omnia, quaeque nātūra metuentium est, ea maximē mihi, quae maximē abōminor, fingō.

I make up those things particularly for myself

6.4 §4 (lines 11-13)
Vereor omnia, imāginor omnia, quaeque nātūra metuentium est, ea maximē mihi, quae maximē abōminor, fingō.

which I especially abhor

6.4 §5 (lines 14-15)
Quō impēnsius rogō ut timōrī meō cottīdiē singulīs vel etiam bīnīs epistulīs cōnsulās.

(By which) all the more greatly I ask

6.4 §5 (lines 14-15)
Quō impēnsius rogō ut timōrī meō cottīdiē singulīs vel etiam bīnīs epistulīs cōnsulās.

that you console my fear (take care of it)

6.4 §5 (lines 14-15)
Quō impēnsius rogō ut timōrī meō cottīdiē singulīs vel etiam bīnīs epistulīs cōnsulās.

with one or even two letters daily

6.4 §5 (lines 15-16)
Erō enim sēcūrior dum lēgō, statimque timēbō cum lēgerō. Valē.

For I will be untroubled (more at ease) while I read

6.4 §5 (lines 15-16)
Erō enim sēcūrior dum lēgō, statimque timēbō cum lēgerō. Valē.

and immediately I will fear after I have read (it)

6.4 §5 (lines 15-16)
Erō enim sēcūrior dum lēgō, statimque timēbō cum lēgerō. Valē.

Goodbye (farewell)

6.7 §1 (lines 18-20)
Scrībis tē absentiā meā nōn mediocriter afficī ūnumque habēre sōlācium, quod prō mē libellōs meōs teneās, saepe etiam in vestīgiō meō collocēs.

You write that you have been affected

6.7 §1 (lines 18-20)
Scrībis tē absentiā meā nōn mediocriter afficī ūnumque habēre sōlācium, quod prō mē libellōs meōs teneās, saepe etiam in vestīgiō meō collocēs.

not ordinarily (very much) by my absence

6.7 §1 (lines 18-20)
Scrībis tē absentiā meā nōn mediocriter afficī ūnumque habēre sōlācium, quod prō mē libellōs meōs teneās, saepe etiam in vestīgiō meō collocēs.

and (that you) have one solace (comfort)

6.7 §1 (lines 18-20)
Scrībis tē absentiā meā nōn mediocriter afficī ūnumque habēre sōlācium, quod prō mē libellōs meōs teneās, saepe etiam in vestīgiō meō collocēs.

namely that you hold my (little) books in place of me

6.7 §1 (lines 18-20)
Scrībis tē absentiā meā nōn mediocriter afficī ūnumque habēre sōlācium, quod prō mē libellōs meōs teneās, saepe etiam in vestīgiō meō collocēs.

and even often you place them in my place (my spot)

6.7 §2 (lines 20-21)
Grātum est quod nōs requīris, grātum quod hīs fōmentīs adquiēscis;

It is pleasing that you ask again about us (miss me)

6.7 §2 (lines 20-21)
Grātum est quod nōs requīris, grātum quod hīs fōmentīs adquiēscis;

(and) it is pleasing that you become calm with these salves (remedies)

6.7 §2 (lines 21-22)
invicem ego epistulās tuās lēctitō atque identidem in manūs quasi novās sūmō.

In turn I read your letters again and again

6.7 §2 (lines 21-22)
invicem ego epistulās tuās lēctitō atque identidem in manūs quasi novās sūmō.

and repeatedly I take them in my hands

6.7 §2 (lines 21-22)
invicem ego epistulās tuās lēctitō atque identidem in manūs quasi novās sūmō.

as if (they were) new

6.7 §3 (line 23)
Sed eō magis ad dēsīderium tuī accendor:

But (by this) the more I am aroused (inflamed)

6.7 §3 (line 23)
Sed eō magis ad dēsīderium tuī accendor:

to desire for you

6.7 §3 (lines 23-24)
nam cuius litterae tantum habent suāvitātis, huius sermōnibus quantum dulcēdinis inest!

for (she) whose letters have so much (of) sweetness

6.7 §3 (lines 23-24)
nam cuius litterae tantum habent suāvitātis, huius sermōnibus quantum dulcēdinis inest!

how much (of) sweetness is in the conversations of this one (her)!

6.7 §3 (lines 24-26)
Tū tamen quam frequentissimē scrībe, licet hoc ita mē dēlectet ut torqueat. Valē.

You however write as frequently as possible

6.7 §3 (lines 24-26)
Tū tamen quam frequentissimē scrībe, licet hoc ita mē dēlectet ut torqueat. Valē.

although this (should) delight me

6.7 §3 (lines 24-26)
Tū tamen quam frequentissimē scrībe, licet hoc ita mē dēlectet ut torqueat. Valē.

in such a way that it torments (me)

6.7 §3 (lines 24-26)
Tū tamen quam frequentissimē scrībe, licet hoc ita mē dēlectet ut torqueat. Valē.

Goodbye (farewell)