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Pliny, Letters 4.19, To Calpurnia Hispulla, his wife’s aunt – lines 5-8summum est acumen, summafrugalitas; amat me, quod castitatis indicium est.praeterea studium litterarum ex mei caritate concepit.meos libellos habet, lectitat, ediscit etiam.55 summus, summa, summum - very great,greatestsum, esse, fui - beacumen, acuminis, n. - acumen, shrewdnesssummus, summa, summum - very great,greatest6 frugalitas, frugalitatis, f. - thriftamo, amare, amavi, amatus - loveego, mei - I, mequi, quae, quod - who, whichcastitas, castitatis, f. - chastity, virtueindicium, indicii, n. - sign, evidencesum, esse, fui - be7 praeterea - moreover, besidesstudium, studii, n. - enthusiasmlitterae, litterarum, f. - literatureex - out ofego, mei - I, mecaritas, caritatis, f. - love, affection, esteemconcipio, concipere, concepi, conceptus -take up, conceive8 meus, mea, meum - mylibellus, libelli, m. - little bookhabeo, habere, habui, habitus - havelectito, lectitare, lectitavi, lectitatus - readedisco, ediscere, edidici - learn by heartetiam - even, also80 WJEC Level 2 Latin Literature Unit 9541 Love and Marriage
18. Read lines 5-8 (aloud if possible) or listen to the audio on the CSCP website.19. <strong>Study</strong> the vocabulary.20. Read lines 5-8 (or listen to the audio) again.21. What qualities does Calpurnia possess in a high degree, according to Pliny (lines 5-6)? Why would thesequalities be particularly important in a Roman wife? (See Cicero, Letter to his friend Atticus, question 44 ifpuzzled.)22* What are Calpurnia’s feelings for Pliny, and what does this indicate? (Is he expressing confidence that she won’tindulge in extra-marital affairs, or simply that she will have no interest in other men? There is no official “rightanswer” to this question, but it may be relevant that Pliny and his friends lived very different lives from peoplelike Catullus and Lesbia more than a hundred years earlier.)23. What special interest has she developed, and why (line 7)?24. Who is the author of the libelli which Calpurnia collects (line 8)?25. Would the three verbs in line 8 have been just as effective in the order ediscit lectitat habet? Which verb is thestrongest sign of Calpurnia’s enthusiasm for the libelli? How does Pliny suggest that Calpurnia’s enthusiasmleads naturally on from one stage to another? (Hint: what two-letter word might you expect between habet andlectitat, and between lectitat and ediscit instead of the final etiam?)26. Translate lines 5-8.WJEC Level 2 Latin Literature Unit 9541 Love and Marriage 81
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