Quintus Aurelius Symmachus → destinatário desconhecido
Tradução moderna em inglês
The management of our estates demands constant attention -- a truth that every landowner learns through hard experience. I write to you on this subject because your judgment in such matters has always proven sound. The details are familiar to you, and I trust your advice will be as practical as it is welcome.
Texto latino / grego
sUbitF(r) 11 cnltoris P 1 m. 12 nostrae nostrae Vi 13 niro P i m. 14 occnpatio V obrepere V^ tnis om. F 15 ociomm V^ aut fnturus V^ 21 solnit P 1 m. gratia mea PVF 19* 148 SYMMACHI EPI8TVLAE LXXXI (LXXVmi). PF^W SYMMACHVS HELPIDIO. Cum saepe occasionibus ad scribeDdum utar iucognitis, committi in amicitiam puto, si doraesticis videar abstinere. libens igitur A^rio bonestissimo viro cnltori tuo nuntiam . sospitatis meae paginam dedi, cui honorificentiam salutationis adiungo; quae sola, et ^ cum dicitur, et cum vicissim refertur, munia familiaris explet officii. LXXXII (LXXX) a. 399.