| A | B |
| S P D | salutem plurimam dicit |
| salutem plurimam dicit | sends fondest greetings |
| mi | my (vocative singular masculine) |
| si vales | if you are well |
| me miserior | more unhappy than me |
| Pompeiis | at Pompeii (abl. locative case) |
| mortua est | has died |
| reliquisti | you have left |
| profectus es | you set out |
| ad litus | to the shore |
| inde regressus | after returning from there |
| cum vilico | with the farm manager |
| maxime | very much |
| prope rivum | near a stream |
| accurrimus | we ran up |
| lupum ... petentem | a wolf ... attacking |
| maximo terrore affectus | overcome by very great fear |
| neque desilire ausus est | and did not dare to leap down |
| reppuli | I drove back |
| abhinc paucos menses | a few months ago |
| Baiis profecti | after setting out from Baiae |
| maximo itinere | by a very long route |
| as long as ... habito | while I live |
| russatis ego faveo | I support the Reds |
| nunc tamen | now however |
| miserrimus | very unhappy |
| propter iracundiam | on account of the bad temper |
| de itineribus | about the travels |
| ei roganti respondere | to reply to his questions |
| facillima | very easy (ones) |
| difficillima | very hard (ones) |
| heri | yesterday |
| ubi esset Hesperia | where Hesperia was |
| ira commotus | moved by anger |
| ferulam rapuit | grabbed a cane |
| crudelissime | very cruelly |
| deinde | next |
| ductus sum | I was led, taken |
| arcessitus sum | I was sent for by Cornelius |
| sed me ne loqui quidem sivit | but he did not even let me speak |
| iterum igitur poenas dedi | therefore I was punished again |
| regredere obsecro | please come back |
| valde aegroto | I am very ill |