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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 4
Passage 846 of 1,479
Canonical reference 10.11.4
Latin
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sed Antonius venit heri vesperi. iam fortasse ad me veniet aut ne id quidem, quoniam scripsit quid fieri vellet. sed scies continuo quid actum sit. nos iam nihil nisi occulte. de pueris quid agam? parvone navigio committam? quid mihi animi in navigando censes fore? recordor enim aestate cum illo Rhodiorum ἀφράκτῳ navigans quam fuerim sollicitus; quid duro tempore anni actuariola fore censes? o rem undique miseram! Trebatius erat mecum, vir plane et civis bonus. quae ille monstra, di immortales! etiamne Balbus in senatum venire cogitet? sed ei ipsi cras ad te litteras dabo. Vettienum mihi amicum, ut scribis, ita puto esse. cum eo, quod ἀποτόμωσ ad me scripserat de nummis curandis, θυμικώτερον eram iocatus. id tu, si ille aliter acceperit ac debuit, lenies. monetali autem adscripsi, quod ille ad me pro cos. sed quoniam est homo et nos diligit, ipse quoque a nobis diligatur. vale .
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
But Antonius arrived yesterday evening. Perhaps he will now come to see me, or perhaps not even that, since he has written what he wants done. In any case, you will soon know what happened. From now on we shall do nothing except in secret. What am I to do about the boys? Entrust them to a little vessel? What state of mind do you suppose I shall have at sea? I remember how anxious I was one summer when sailing with my son in that open Rhodian vessel. What do you think it will be like in a little dispatch boat during the harsh season of the year? What misery on every side! Trebatius was with me, thoroughly honorable both as a man and a citizen. Immortal gods, what monstrous things he told me! Is even Balbus thinking of entering the Senate? But tomorrow I shall give Trebatius a letter for you. I believe Vettienus is my friend, as you write. Since he had written to me rather curtly about arranging the money, I joked with him somewhat irritably. If he has taken that otherwise than he should, smooth matters over. I added “to the mint official” because he had addressed me as proconsul. But since he is a decent man and loves us, let us love him too. Farewell.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Mais Antoine est arrivé hier soir. Il viendra peut-être maintenant chez moi, ou peut-être même pas, puisqu’il a écrit ce qu’il voulait que l’on fît. Tu sauras néanmoins immédiatement ce qui se sera passé. Désormais, nous n’agirons qu’en secret. Que faire des enfants? Les confierai-je à un petit bateau? Dans quel état d’esprit penses-tu que je serai pendant la traversée? Je me rappelle avec quelle inquiétude je naviguais avec lui en été sur ce bateau rhodien ἀφράκτῳ. Que penses-tu qu’il en sera sur une petite chaloupe, à cette saison rigoureuse? Ô situation misérable de toutes parts! Trebatius était avec moi, homme véritablement bon et bon citoyen. Quels monstres il rapporte, dieux immortels! Balbus songerait-il même à venir au Sénat? Mais je lui remettrai demain une lettre pour toi. Je crois, comme tu l’écris, que Vettienus est mon ami. Comme il m’avait écrit ἀποτόμωσ au sujet du règlement des sommes, je lui avais répondu en plaisantant θυμικώτερον. S’il l’a pris autrement qu’il ne devait, tu l’apaiseras. J’ai ajouté «au triumvir monétaire», puisqu’il m’avait donné «proconsul». Mais puisqu’il est un homme et qu’il nous aime, aimons-le nous aussi. Porte-toi bien.
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