Epistulae (10 books) · c. 390
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus → destinatário desconhecido
Tradução moderna em inglês
I'm perfectly willing to write, but I'd rather save the news for my dear son Sibidius to relay in person at his leisure. So this page serves only as a greeting -- its brevity will satisfy the respect due to you without stealing his thunder. Farewell.
Texto latino / grego
Scribere non recuso, sed malni domno filio meo Sibidio narranda coram per otiam 20 reservare. sola igitur salutatione fungetur haec pagina, cuius brevitas et vestro ho- nori satisfaciet nec illi referenda decerpet. vale. LI (LH) a. 397.