Letter 6022: Diligence is the cause of many letters.
Ennodius to Eugenetes.
Diligence is the cause of manifold pages. It is owed to your reverence that I do not refrain from writing. The witness of my joy [...] our voice does not suffer any failing, because I have gladly received word of the sound state of your health. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
XXII. ENNODIVS EVGENETI.
Diligentia est multiplicium causa paginarum. reuerentiae
uestrae debetur quod ab scriptione non tempero. testis gaudii
la
3 aabdl B dum a. I. m. ree., sableuor b ut] ac ex at\' (corr. B,
ac b nuntiatur B m. rec. 8. I., nunciatur b exspecto LV, expeto
b 5 dedicistis B
XXI. 11 efficatia ex efficia L m. cmt. 13 raoenaitibus L\'
excnbiiB ocoapatus T, occupatu stadiis F, cocupatas excabiifl studiis
L 15 iccirco T uiais (alt. u corr.) B, uiui L 17 huiusmodo
L I oportunitas BLTVb 18 subletia B 20 medellam
B* animUl B1L
XXII. 25 ab B\'L, a B\'TVb
VI.
11
non patitur uox defectum, quia statum ualitudinis uestrae
laetus excepi. ualete.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern ennodius pavia retranslated v1.
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