Letter 3038: The distinguished Dusarius, who rightfully holds a leading position among medical practitioners, has asked me to...

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 384 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus|AI-assisted
friendshipillness

The distinguished Dusarius, who rightfully holds a leading position among medical practitioners, has asked me to place his kinsman — who shares his name — under your patronage. I was happy to oblige my good friend, killing two birds with one stone: honoring you with a greeting and doing his relative a favor.

Please protect the man I'm recommending, and repay me with a letter in return. Farewell.

AI-assisted translation — This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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

Dusarms clarissimns vir, qui inter professores medendi snmmatem iure obtinet
locnm, adfinem sunm eundemque cognominem tradi patrocinio tuo meo optavit oratn. i5
libens amicissimi viri desiderio satisfeci, nt nna via et te excolerem salnte dicenda
et illius nsui commodarem. fac igitur oro, ut commendatnm tuearis anxilio, me ser-
mone vicario mnnereris. vale.

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