Letters to Atticus Passage 16

Antonio tuo nomine gratias egi eamque epistulam Mallio dedi. ad te ideo antea rarius scripsi quod non habebam idoneum cui darem, nec satis sciebam quo darem. valde te venditavi.

I thanked Antonius in your name and gave the letter to Mallius. I previously wrote to you less often because I had no suitable person to whom I could entrust a letter and did not know well enough where to address it. I praised you highly.

J’ai remercié Antonius en ton nom et remis cette lettre à Mallius. Si je t’ai écrit plus rarement auparavant, c’est que je ne trouvais personne à qui confier mes lettres et que je ne savais pas assez bien où les adresser. J’ai fait grandement valoir tes mérites.