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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 2
Passage 957 of 1,479
Canonical reference 11.24.2
Latin
perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat
sed ad meam manum redeo, erunt enim haec occultius agenda. vide , quaeso, etiam nunc de testamento, quod tum factum cum illa †querere† coeperat. non , credo, te commovit; neque enim rogavit ne me quidem. sed quasi ita sit, quoniam in sermonem iam venisti, poteris eam monere ut aliquoi committat cuius extra periculum huius belli fortuna sit. equidem tibi potissimum velim, si idem illa vellet. quam quidem celo miseram me hoc timere. de illo altero scio equidem venire nunc nil posse sed seponi et occultari possunt ut extra ruinam sint eam quae impendet.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
But I return to what must be in my own hand, for these things will have to be handled more secretly. Please consider the will even now, the one made when she had begun †to complain†. I suppose it did not concern you; for she did not ask you, nor even me. But assuming matters stand so, since you have already entered into discussion, you can warn her to entrust it to someone whose fortune lies beyond the danger of this war. I should prefer you above all, if she wished the same. I conceal from the poor woman that I fear this. As for the other matter, I know that nothing can now be sold, but the things can be set aside and hidden so as to remain outside the ruin that hangs over us.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Mais je reviens à ma propre écriture, car ces choses devront être traitées plus secrètement. Réfléchis encore, je te prie, au testament qui fut fait lorsque cette femme avait commencé à †se plaindre†. Cela ne t’a pas ému, je crois ; elle ne t’a pas consulté, pas plus que moi. Mais à supposer qu’il en soit ainsi, puisque tu as déjà engagé la conversation, tu pourras l’avertir de confier ses biens à quelqu’un dont la fortune soit hors d’atteinte des dangers de cette guerre. Pour ma part, je te préférerais à tous, si elle le voulait aussi. Je cache à cette malheureuse que j’éprouve cette crainte. Pour l’autre affaire, je sais bien que rien ne peut être vendu maintenant ; mais les objets peuvent être mis de côté et cachés afin de rester hors de la ruine qui menace.
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