Letter 3008: I received your letter with such pleasure — coming as it did after a long silence — that I confess I've completely...
I took up your letter, which you sent to me after a long silence, with such delight of mind that I confess I have forgotten my earlier complaint, because the grace of your recent attention has made the memory of the past interruption a thing of the past. Henceforth, if I am dear to your heart, grant me the effort of your writing frequently, to be repaid in turn with both conversation and affection. Farewell.
To Naucellius.
10.
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Latin / Greek Original
Tanta animi voluptate sumpsi litteras tuas, quas mihi post longum silentium de-
tulisti, ut me fatear querellae prioris oblitum, quia memoriam praeteritae intermissionis
5 antiquavit gratia recentis officii. deinceps, si tibi cordi sum, frequenter operam scrip-
tionis admitte vicissitudine remunerandus et sermonis et amoris. vale.
AD NAVCELLIVM.
X.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.
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