Editorial note — PART III
Reading edition
1. was ten years old.
2. annōs, § 501. 21.
3. domum, § 501. 20.
4. populō, dat. with inimīcās, cf. § 501. 16.
5. Lentulō, § 501. 33.
6. ut ... nūntiāret, § 501. 40.
7. diēs, cf. annōs, 1. 9.
8. animīs, abl. of manner. Do you see one in line 15?
9. This is the usual form for the beginning of a Latin letter. First we have the greeting, and then the expression Sī valēs, etc. The date of the letter is usually given at the end, and also the place of writing, if not previously mentioned in the letter.
10. quō, where.
11. dīs est grātia, thank God, in our idiom.
12. Asia refers to the Roman province of that name in Asia Minor.
13. altum mare tenuimus, we were well out to sea.
14. nec iam, and no longer.
16. adflīctātī, perf. passive part. tossed about.
16. What construction?
17. diē, § 501. 35.
18. ut ... portāret, § 501. 40.
19. Athēnīs, § 501. 36. 1.
20. darem, cf. portāret, l. 6.
21. Why not ad domum?
22. Kalendīs Mārtiīs, the Calends or first of March; abl. of time, giving the date of the letter.