Marcus Cornelius Fronto→Unknown|c. 166 AD|Marcus Cornelius Fronto|From Rome (career hub)|AI-assisted
Fronto to Petronius Mamertinus, greeting.
Sardius Saturninus has a son, Sardius Lupus, a learned and eloquent man, brought into the Forum from my own household and my own company [contubernium: the close domestic circle of a patron], trained by me in all the noble arts, a most regular member of your audience and the greatest admirer of your verses. He had a brother, a young man of outstanding character; being less than careful, he was drowned alone in the water of a marsh [palus] and died in my house. He has stricken me with the heaviest grief, so that by this most grievous misfortune my bond with Sardius Saturninus has been deepened. You, who at other times [...] at Rome, at other times have shown affection whether in a serious or in a playful manner, may, by the one manner or the other, [...] have consoled [him/me].
I beg and beseech you to honor him with the regard he deserves, to count him among those who cherish our household, and to hold him dear.
to Petronius Mamertinus, greeting. Sardius Saturninus has a son Sardius Lupus, a learned and eloquent man, introduced to the Forum from my hearth and home, instructed by me in all the noble arts, a most assiduous hearer and a very great admirer of yours, nor the less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with Sardius Saturninus, . . . . you should count and love (as a member of) our (family).
ad amicos 1.10 [177 Hout; 2.242 Haines]
Fronto Petronio Mamertino salutem.
1 Sardius Saturninus filium habet Sardium Lupum, doctum et facundum virum, de mea domo meoque contubernio in forum deductum, ad omnis bonas artis a me institutum, frequentissimum auditorem tuum et maximum laudatorem carminum tuorum. Habuit fratrem egregiae indolis juvenem; adtentus minus paludis aqua solus mersus in domo mea defunctus est. Me gravissimo dolore adfecit, ut eo casu gravissimo aucta mihi necessitudo sit cum Sardio Saturnino. Tu, qui alias . . . Romae, alias serio sive festivo modo amasti, altero modo . . . . . consolatus sis. 2 Oro quaesoque, ut merito honore eum prosequaris et inter cultores familiae nostrae numeres ac diligas.
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Fronto to Petronius Mamertinus, greeting.
Sardius Saturninus has a son, Sardius Lupus, a learned and eloquent man, brought into the Forum from my own household and my own company [contubernium: the close domestic circle of a patron], trained by me in all the noble arts, a most regular member of your audience and the greatest admirer of your verses. He had a brother, a young man of outstanding character; being less than careful, he was drowned alone in the water of a marsh [palus] and died in my house. He has stricken me with the heaviest grief, so that by this most grievous misfortune my bond with Sardius Saturninus has been deepened. You, who at other times [...] at Rome, at other times have shown affection whether in a serious or in a playful manner, may, by the one manner or the other, [...] have consoled [him/me].
I beg and beseech you to honor him with the regard he deserves, to count him among those who cherish our household, and to hold him dear.
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Latin / Greek Original
ad amicos 1.10 [177 Hout; 2.242 Haines] Fronto Petronio Mamertino salutem. 1 Sardius Saturninus filium habet Sardium Lupum, doctum et facundum virum, de mea domo meoque contubernio in forum deductum, ad omnis bonas artis a me institutum, frequentissimum auditorem tuum et maximum laudatorem carminum tuorum. Habuit fratrem egregiae indolis juvenem; adtentus minus paludis aqua solus mersus in domo mea defunctus est. Me gravissimo dolore adfecit, ut eo casu gravissimo aucta mihi necessitudo sit cum Sardio Saturnino. Tu, qui alias . . . Romae, alias serio sive festivo modo amasti, altero modo . . . . . consolatus sis. 2 Oro quaesoque, ut merito honore eum prosequaris et inter cultores familiae nostrae numeres ac diligas.