Questions tagged [plinius-minor]
For questions about Latin texts written by Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, also called Minor, the Younger, son of Pliny the Elder.
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How to understand "excusare Baeticis contra unum hominem advocationem"?
Pliny writes letter 1.6 to Octavius Rufus, who has asked him to appear in court against the Baetici, which he declines to do:
Etenim, sicut fas est mihi, praesertim te exigente, excusare Baeticis ...
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What is the syntax of ‘quamquam omnis secrētī capācissima’?
In Pliny’s letter 1.12, when he describes his meeting with his Domitian-hating friend, he mentions how all servants would leave when close friends came by, and even his wife ‘who was fully capable of ...
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Is the perfect participle in deponent verbs active or passive in meaning?
I recently read this interesting question in which Joonas provides a very instructive answer. It still left me, however, with some questions.
"Confitentes iterum ac tertio interrogavi supplicium ...
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Why did Romans think of novissimus as last?
In the letter of Plinius to Tacitus about his and his mother's flight, there is the following sentence:
multi ad deos manus tollere, plures usquam iam deos ullos aeternamque illam et novissimam ...
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Can a verbum deponens go along with an accusativus?
In Plinius I encountered:
"Confitentes iterum ac tertio interrogavi supplicium minatus"
Is supplicium some sort of accusativus belonging to minatus, which comes from deponens minor?
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