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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 4

Passage 1,119 of 1,479

Canonical reference 13.12.4

Latin

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de Brinniana auctione accepi a Vestorio litteras. ait sine ulla controversia rem ad me esse conlatam. Romae videlicet aut in Tusculano me fore putaverunt a. d. viii Kal. Quint. dices igitur vel amico tuo S. Vettio coheredi meo vel Labeoni nostro paulum proferant auctionem; me circiter Nonas in Tusculano fore. cum Pisone Erotem habes. de Scapulanis hortis toto pectore cogitemus. dies adest.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

I received a letter from Vestorius about Brinnius's auction. He says the matter has been assigned to me without dispute. They evidently thought I would be in Rome or Tusculum on June twenty-fourth. Tell either your friend Sextus Vettius, my coheir, or our Labeo to postpone the auction a little; I shall be at Tusculum around the Nones. You have Eros to deal with Piso. Let us give our whole minds to Scapula's gardens. The day is near.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

J’ai reçu de Vestorius une lettre au sujet de la vente de Brinnius. Il dit que l’affaire m’a été attribuée sans aucune contestation. Ils pensaient évidemment que je serais à Rome ou à Tusculum le 24 juin. Tu diras donc soit à ton ami Sextus Vettius, mon cohéritier, soit à notre Labeo, de retarder un peu la vente; je serai à Tusculum vers les Nones. Tu as Éros avec toi pour traiter avec Pison. Consacrons toute notre pensée aux jardins de Scapula. Le jour approche.

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