Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 235

sic Lentulus ceterarum virtutum dicendi mediocritatem actione occultavit, in qua excellens fuit . Nec multo secus P. Lentulus, cuius et excogitandi et loquendi tarditatem tegebat formae dignitas, corporis motus plenus et artis et venustatis, vocis et suavitas et magnitudo. Sic in hoc nihil praeter actionem fuit, cetera etiam minora quam in superiore.

so Lentulus concealed the mediocrity of his other oratorical qualities through delivery, in which he excelled. Publius Lentulus was not very different. The dignity of his appearance, bodily movement full of art and grace, and the sweetness and power of his voice concealed his slowness in both invention and speech. Thus he possessed nothing except delivery, and his other qualities were even slighter than those of the former Lentulus.

Lentulus dissimula par son action, où il excellait, la médiocrité de ses autres qualités oratoires. Publius Lentulus ne fit guère autrement: la dignité de son apparence, les mouvements de son corps pleins d’art et de grâce, la douceur et la puissance de sa voix cachaient sa lenteur à concevoir et à parler. Il ne possédait donc rien d’autre que l’action, et ses autres qualités étaient encore moindres que celles du précédent.