Quārta · Unit 1 · Lesson 3
Letters 6.16.8–10: from scholar to rescuer
A desperate note from Rectina changes the plan: the admiral launches the warships and steers into danger.
You will be able to
- Read Letters 6.16.8–10
- Recognize a future participle of purpose, antithesis and polyptoton
- Explain how Pliny builds his uncle’s heroism
New words
- perīculum, perīculī, n. danger
- fuga, fugae, f. flight, escape
- auxilium, auxiliī, n. help
- properō, properāre to hurry