Letters to Atticus Passage 5

Metellus tuus est egregius consul; unum reprehendo quod otium nuntiari e Gallia non magno opere gaudet. cupit , credo, triumphare. hoc vellem mediocrius; cetera egregia. Auli filius vero ita se gerit ut eius consulatus non consulatus sit sed Magni nostri ὑπώπιον .

Your Metellus is an excellent consul. I fault him on one point only: he is not particularly glad when peace in Gaul is reported. He wants, I suppose, to celebrate a triumph. I wish he were more moderate in this; in everything else he is excellent. But Aulus' son conducts himself in such a way that his consulship is not a consulship at all, but a black eye for our Magnus.

Ton Métellus est un consul remarquable. Je ne lui reproche qu’une chose: il ne se réjouit guère qu’on annonce la paix en Gaule. Il désire, je crois, obtenir un triomphe. Je voudrais sur ce point plus de mesure. Tout le reste est excellent. Quant au fils d’Aulus, il se conduit de telle sorte que son consulat n’est pas un consulat, mais l’ὑπώπιον de notre Magnus.