Letter 40
Nilus of Ancyra→Marion|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Marion the silversmith [ἀργυροκόπος, a worker in silver].
Since you boldly keep upon your lips oaths more numerous than your [ordinary] words, you ought to be ashamed.
Πλείονας τῶν λόγων τοὺς ὅρκους τολμηρῶς ἐπὶ στόματος ἔχων, ἐντρέποιο.
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To Marion the silversmith [ἀργυροκόπος, a worker in silver].
Since you boldly keep upon your lips oaths more numerous than your [ordinary] words, you ought to be ashamed.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Πλείονας τῶν λόγων τοὺς ὅρκους τολμηρῶς ἐπὶ στόματος ἔχων, ἐντρέποιο.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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