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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 4

Passage 42 of 1,479

Canonical reference 1.12.4

Latin

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quid praeterea ad te scribam non habeo, et me hercule eram in scribendo conturbatior. nam puer festivus anagnostes noster Sositheus decesserat meque plus quam servi mors debere videbatur commoverat. tu velim saepe ad nos scribas. si rem nullam habebis, quod in buccam venerit scribito. Kal. Ianuariis M. Messalla, M. Pisone coss.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

I have nothing further to write to you, and by Hercules, I was rather distressed while writing. For Sositheus, that charming boy who was my reader, had died, and his death had moved me more than the death of a slave seemed proper. Please write to me often. If you have nothing to report, write whatever comes into your mouth. January 1, in the consulship of M. Messalla and M. Piso.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Je n’ai rien d’autre à t’écrire et, par Hercule, j’étais moi-même assez troublé en écrivant. En effet, Sositheus, notre jeune et charmant lecteur, était mort, et cette disparition m’avait ému plus que la mort d’un esclave ne semblait devoir le faire. Je voudrais que tu nous écrives souvent. Si tu n’as aucun sujet, écris ce qui te viendra à la bouche. Aux calendes de janvier, sous le consulat de M. Messalla et M. Pison.

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