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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 4

Passage 1,145 of 1,479

Canonical reference 13.21A.4

Latin

perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat

quod autem de illa nostra cogitatione scribis in qua nihil tibi cedo, ea quae novi valde probo, hominem, domum, facultates. quod caput est, ipsum non novi sed audio laudabilia, de Scrofa etiam proxime. accedit , si quid hoc ad rem, εὐγενέστεροσ est etiam quam pater. coram igitur et quidem propenso animo ad probandum. accedit enim quod patrem, ut scire te puto plus etiam quam non modo tu sed quam ipse scit, amo idque et merito et iam diu.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

As for what you write concerning that plan of ours, in which my eagerness equals yours, I strongly approve what I know: the man, his family, and his means. The chief point is that I do not know the man himself, but I hear commendable reports, most recently from Scrofa. Besides, if this matters, he is even better born than his father. We shall therefore discuss it face to face, and I am strongly inclined to approve. Another consideration is that, as I think you know even better than either you or he knows, I love his father, deservedly and for a long time.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Quant à ce que tu écris au sujet de notre projet, sur lequel je ne te cède rien, j’approuve vivement ce que je connais: l’homme, sa maison, sa fortune. Le principal intéressé, je ne le connais pas, mais j’entends dire des choses louables, tout récemment encore par Scrofa. Il s’y ajoute, si cela importe, qu’il est même de plus haute naissance que son père. Nous en parlerons donc de vive voix, et je suis fort disposé à approuver. Il s’ajoute en effet que j’aime son père, comme je pense que tu le sais mieux non seulement que toi, mais que lui-même ne le sait; et je l’aime à juste titre et depuis longtemps.

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