Admonition as a Slave Having No Share in Reason

Notes

1. §11.30.1πέφυκας — The second-person singular perfect active of φύω, meaning "to be by nature" or "to be born as." Combined with the nominative complement δοῦλος, it means "you are a slave by nature."
2. §11.30.1λόγου — The genitive governed by the impersonal verb μέτεστι (which takes a dative of the person and a genitive of the thing shared). While λόγος refers to "speech" or "discourse" in connection with the previous section on writing and reading, it also carries the Stoic resonance of "reason."