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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 1

Passage 964 of 1,479

Canonical reference 12.1.1

Latin

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undecimo die, postquam a te discesseram, hoc litterularum exaravi egrediens e villa ante lucem atque eo die cogitabam in Anagnino, postero autem in Tusculano, ibi unum diem; v Kalend. igitur ad constitutum. atque utinam continuo ad complexum meae Tulliae, ad osculum Atticae possim currere! quod quidem ipsum scribe, quaeso, ad me ut, dum consisto in Tusculano, sciam quid garriat, sin rusticatur, quid scribat ad te; eique interea aut scribes salutem aut nuntiabis itemque Piliae. et tamen etsi continuo congressuri sumus, scribes ad me si quid habebis.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

On the eleventh day after leaving you, I scratched out this little note as I was departing from the villa before dawn. That day I intended to stay in the district of Anagnia, the next at Tusculum, and one day there. Thus I shall keep our appointment on the fifth day before the Kalends. If only I could run at once into the embrace of my dear Tullia and to kiss Attica! Please write to me about that very matter, so that while I pause at Tusculum I may know what she is prattling about, or, if she is in the country, what she writes to you. Meanwhile you will either write her my greetings or convey them, and likewise to Pilia. Yet although we shall meet at once, write to me if you have anything to report.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Le onzième jour après t’avoir quitté, j’ai griffonné ce petit mot en sortant de ma villa avant l’aube. Je pensais être ce jour-là dans le territoire d’Anagnia, le lendemain à Tusculum, où je passerais une journée ; je serai donc au rendez-vous le 27. Puissé-je alors courir aussitôt embrasser ma chère Tullia et donner un baiser à Attica ! Écris-moi précisément, je te prie, afin que, pendant mon séjour à Tusculum, je sache ce qu’elle babille ; si elle est à la campagne, écris-moi ce qu’elle t’écrit. D’ici là, tu lui écriras mes salutations ou tu les lui transmettras, et tu feras de même pour Pilia. Bien que nous devions nous rencontrer sans délai, tu m’écriras pourtant si tu as quelque chose à me dire.

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