Quārta · Unit 2 · Lesson 5
Letters 6.4: to Calpurnia, away
His wife has gone to Campania to recover. Pliny, kept in Rome by work, imagines the worst and asks for a letter every day.
You will be able to
- Read Letter 6.4 whole
- Recognize epistrophe, an implied condition and the future perfect
- Describe the tone of Pliny’s letters to his wife
New words
- nātūra, nātūrae, f. nature
- voluptās, voluptātis, f. pleasure
- anxius, anxia, anxium anxious, worried
- cūra, cūrae, f. care, concern, worry