Letter 6024: I should have held off writing, since my distinguished son Decius is heading your way and will tell you far more...
I ought to have refrained from writing, since the distinguished man, my son Decius, is making the journey, and he will relate more about us [...] to your Reverence than the contents of a page could comprehend; but I have not been reluctant to enhance with my pen the pleasure which our brotherly presence will bestow upon you. Therefore I impart to your unanimity the honor of a greeting, so that the expectation of my arrival may be softened by the service of my voice. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
Debni litteris abstinere spectabili viro filio meo Decio commeante, qni de nobis
s^nd religionem vestram plnra narrabit, qnam posset paginamm textns amplecti; sed
minum T 19 ox] ab F 20 in referenda deainit F uiro P 1 m. 25 l^orta P
34 sed om. P 1 m.
160 SYMMACHI EPISTVLAE
P iucunditatem , quam vobis tribuet fraterna praesentia , stilo augere non piguit. id-
circo unanimitati vestrae honorem salutationis inpertio, ut adventus mei expectatio
oris munere mitigetur. vale.
xxnn (XXV) .
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.
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