# Brutus, or On Eminent Orators

- Identifiant : `cicero.brutus`
- Auteur : Cicero
- URL canonique : https://prokopton42.com/en/works/cicero/brutus/reference-105/
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## Passage 105

### Latin

carbo , quoi vita suppeditavit, est in multis iudiciis causisque cognitus. Hunc qui audierant prudentes homines, in qui— bus familiaris noster L. Gellius, qui se illi contubernalem in consulatu fuisse narrabat, canorum oratorem et volubilem et satis acrem atque eundem et vehementem et valde dulcem et perfacetum fuisse dicebat; addebat industrium etiam et diligentem et in exercitationibus commentationibusque multum operae solitum esse ponere.

### English

"Carbo, whose life afforded him more time, became known through many trials and cases. Judicious men who had heard him, including our friend Lucius Gellius, who related that he had been Carbo's tent-companion during his consulship, said that he was a resonant, fluent, and sufficiently incisive orator, as well as vehement, very agreeable, and extremely witty. Gellius added that he was industrious and diligent and accustomed to devote much labor to exercises and preparation."

### French

«Carbo, à qui la vie en laissa le temps, se fit connaître dans de nombreux procès et de nombreuses causes. Les hommes avisés qui l'avaient entendu, parmi lesquels notre ami L. Gellius, qui racontait avoir partagé sa tente pendant son consulat, disaient qu'il était un orateur sonore et volubile, assez mordant, à la fois véhément, très agréable et fort spirituel. Gellius ajoutait qu'il était ardent et diligent et avait coutume de consacrer beaucoup de travail aux exercices et aux préparations.»