Marcus Aurelius→Marcus Cornelius Fronto|c. 156 AD|Marcus Cornelius Fronto|From Rome (career hub)|To Rome (career hub)|AI-assisted
My teacher, by now at last I hope you can report happier news, for your letter shows that you were in pain right up to the time you wrote. I dictated this while walking about, since the present state of my poor little body requires that movement. I shall only feel the full grace of the vintage season when your health begins to be calmer for us. Farewell, my most delightful teacher.
? 154–156 A.D. To my master, greeting. By this time, at all events, my master, I hope you can send better news, for your letter says that you were in pain up to the time when you wrote. I have dictated this, walking about. For the state of my wretched body requires that exercise just now. But I shall only feel the full benefit of the vintage season when we find your health beginning to mend. Farewell, my most delightful of masters.
ad M. Caesarem 5.62 [83 Hout; 1.248 Haines]
Magistro meo salutem.
Nunc denique opto, mi magister, jucundiora indices. nam doluisse te in id tempus, quo mihi scribebas, litterae declarant. Haec obambulans dictavi; nam eum motum in praesentia ratio corpusculei desiderabat. Vindemiarum autem gratiam nunc demum integram sentiam, cum tua valetudo placatior esse nobis coeperit.
Vale, mi jucundissime magister.
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My teacher, by now at last I hope you can report happier news, for your letter shows that you were in pain right up to the time you wrote. I dictated this while walking about, since the present state of my poor little body requires that movement. I shall only feel the full grace of the vintage season when your health begins to be calmer for us. Farewell, my most delightful teacher.
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Latin / Greek Original
ad M. Caesarem 5.62 [83 Hout; 1.248 Haines] Magistro meo salutem. Nunc denique opto, mi magister, jucundiora indices. nam doluisse te in id tempus, quo mihi scribebas, litterae declarant. Haec obambulans dictavi; nam eum motum in praesentia ratio corpusculei desiderabat. Vindemiarum autem gratiam nunc demum integram sentiam, cum tua valetudo placatior esse nobis coeperit. Vale, mi jucundissime magister.