Letter 11019: Formula: Concerning the Cornicularius [Chief Clerk] Who Is Advanced.
XVIIII.
ON THE CORNICULARIUS WHO ATTAINS THE POST.
[1] Let Optatus [whose name means 'the wished-for'], coming through to his wished-for goals, obtain the fulfillment of his own name. And therefore we judge that the aforesaid man, proven by his unceasing labors, should take up the office of the cornicularii [a senior clerk of the staff], so that he may rightly stand among the leading men, he who blamelessly performed the watch-duties of the recruits.
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Latin / Greek Original
XVIIII.
DE CORNICULARIO QUI ACCEDIT.
[1] Optatus ad optata perveniens sui nominis sortiatur effectum. et ideo supradictum assiduis laboribus comprobatum corniculariorum sumere censemus officium, ut iure inter primates assistat, qui tironum inculpabiliter egit excubias.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern cassiodorus retranslated v1.
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