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Sum (κεφαλαίου)
Lit., capital. The purchase of Roman citizenship was an investment. Under the first Roman emperors it was obtained only at large cost and with great difficulty; later, it was sold for a trifle.
I was free-born (ἐγὼ καὶ γεγέννημαι)
Lit., I am even so born, leaving the mind to supply free or a Roman. Better, as Rev., I am a Roman born.