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Cicero
Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 225
Passage 225 of 334
Canonical reference 225
Latin
perseus-cicero-brutus-lat
quos Sex. Titius consecutus est homo loquax sane et satis acutus, sed tam solutus et mollis in gestu ut saltatio quaedam nasceretur cui saltationi Titius nomen esset. Ita cavendum est ne quid in agendo dicendove facias, cuius imitatio rideatur . sed ad paulo superiorem aetatem revecti sumus; nunc ad eam de qua aliquantum sumus locuti revertamur.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Sextus Titius followed them, a decidedly talkative and sufficiently acute man, but so loose and effeminate in gesture that a certain dance arose which was named the Titius after him. Thus one must take care to do nothing in delivery or speech whose imitation provokes laughter. But we have been carried back to a somewhat earlier age. Let us now return to the period of which we have spoken at some length.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Sextus Titius leur succéda. C’était un homme fort loquace et assez pénétrant, mais si relâché et si mou dans ses gestes qu’il en naquit une sorte de danse appelée la «Titius». Il faut donc prendre garde de ne rien faire dans l’action ou dans le discours dont l’imitation puisse prêter à rire. Mais nous sommes remontés vers une époque un peu antérieure; revenons maintenant à celle dont nous avons déjà assez longuement parlé.
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