Letter 6044: ...was unexpectedly held up.

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 386 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus|AI-assisted
illness

...was unexpectedly held up. It's better not to describe her physical complaints, so as not to double your own anxiety. In any case, my brother Comazon left the city out of longing for you and will fill you in more fully on what I'm leaving unsaid. I shouldn't have to ask for what you'll do on your own -- but please ease the weight of our worries with more cheerful letters. 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AI-assisted translation — This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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

5 inopina retineret. cuius corporales querellas praestat silere, ne sanctitatis ve^strae soUi-
citudo geminetur; et certe frater meus Comazon desiderio vestro urbe digressus cu-
mulatius, quae tacemus, expediet. postulare non debeo, quod sponte facietis, ut cu-
rarum nostrarum magnitudinem scriptis laetioribus conprimatis. vale.

XXXXII (XXXXIII) a. 401.

Related Letters