Letter 2090: A short while ago I sent a letter, but I do not begrudge doubling the greeting that is owed to you.
A short while ago I sent a letter, but I do not begrudge doubling the greeting that is owed to you. Consider this a supplement to what went before -- not a correction but an addition. Some friendships deserve more than one letter per occasion, and ours is certainly among them.
AI-assisted translation — This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Panlo ante litteras dederam, sed debitam tibi salutationem geminare non pignit.
namqne amor ofGciomm modum non tenet. praeterea notitia commeantium postulavit,
5 ut commendationi eorum pagina adiecta proficiat. responsa non postulo securus prae-
clari animi tui, qui mihi sine admonitione sermonem voluntarium polliceatur.
LXXXX (LXXXVnn) ante a. 395.
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