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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 2
Passage 1,143 of 1,479
Canonical reference 13.21A.2
Latin
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quo modo autem fugit me tibi dicere? mirifice Caerellia studio videlicet philosophiae flagrans describit a tuis istos ipsos de finibus habet. ego autem tibi confirmo (possum falli ut homo) a meis eam non habere; numquam enim ab oculis meis afuerunt. tantum porro aberat ut binos scriberent; vix singulos confecerunt. tuorum tamen ego nullum delictum arbitror itemque te volo existimare; a me enim praetermissum est ut dicerem me eos exire nondum velle. hui, quam diu de nugis! de re enim nihil habeo quod loquar.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
But how did I forget to tell you? Caerellia, evidently burning with enthusiasm for philosophy, is having those very books On Ends copied by your people and has them. I assure you, though as a human being I may be mistaken, that she did not obtain them from mine; they were never out of my sight. Far from making two copies, my men scarcely completed one. Still, I think your people committed no fault, and I want you to think the same. I omitted to say that I did not yet wish the books released. Ah, how long I have spent on trifles! I have nothing of consequence to discuss.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Comment ai-je pu oublier de te le dire? Caerellia, brûlant évidemment d’un merveilleux zèle pour la philosophie, fait copier chez tes gens ces mêmes livres Des fins et les possède. Je t’affirme, quoique je puisse me tromper comme tout homme, qu’elle ne les tient pas de mes gens; ils ne m’ont jamais quitté des yeux. Ils étaient si loin d’en faire deux copies qu’ils ont à peine achevé l’unique exemplaire. Je ne crois pourtant pas que tes gens aient commis de faute, et je veux que tu le penses aussi; c’est moi qui ai omis de dire que je ne voulais pas encore laisser sortir ces livres. Oh, que de temps passé à parler de bagatelles! Sur les affaires sérieuses, je n’ai rien à dire.
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