Quārta · Unit 2 · Lesson 4
Letters 7.27.12–16: haircuts in the night
Pliny’s own evidence: two of his household wake up shorn, and he escapes a trial. Then he asks Sura for a verdict.
You will be able to
- Read Letters 7.27.12–16 in extracts
- Recognize litotes, a dative of possession and a past contrary-to-fact condition
- Explain what Pliny asks of Sura
New words
- lībertus, lībertī, m. freedman
- frāter, frātris, m. brother
- lectus, lectī, m. bed, couch
- cōnsulō, cōnsulere, cōnsuluī, cōnsultum to consult; to take thought for (with the dative)