cornmands

Updated: June 8, 2025

The enquiry then before the house was concerning the freedmen of Afranius Dexter, who being found murdered, it was uncertain whether he fell by his own hands, or by those of his household; and if the latter, whether they committed the fact in obedience to the cornmands of Afranius, or were prompted to it by their own villainy.

the Younger Pliny - The Letters of Pliny the Younger