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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 1
Passage 1,109 of 1,479
Canonical reference 13.9.1
Latin
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commodum discesseras heri cum Trebatius venit, paulo post Curtius, hic salutandi causa sed mansit invitatus. Trebatium nobiscum habemus. hodie mane Dolabella. multus sermo ad multum diem. nihil possum dicere ἐκτενέστερον , nihil φιλοστοργότερον . ventum est tamen ad Quintum. multa ἄφατα , ἀδιήγητα , sed unum eius modi quod nisi exercitus sciret, non modo Tironi dictare sed ne ipse quidem auderem scribere sed hactenus. εὐκαίρωσ ad me venit, cum haberem Dolabellam, Torquatus humanissimeque Dolabella quibus verbis secum egissem exposuit. commodum enim egeram diligentissime; quae diligentia grata est visa Torquato.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
You had just left yesterday when Trebatius arrived, and Curtius shortly afterward. The latter came to pay his respects but stayed at my invitation. Trebatius remains with me. Dolabella came early today. We talked at length until late in the day. I can say nothing more earnest, nothing more affectionate. Yet the conversation came to Quintus. Much was unspeakable and indescribable, but there was one thing of such a kind that, if an army did not know it, I would not merely be afraid to dictate it to Tiro, but even to write it myself. Enough of that. Torquatus arrived at an opportune moment while Dolabella was with me, and Dolabella most courteously explained the terms in which I had dealt with him. I had just handled the matter with the greatest care, and Torquatus seemed grateful for that care.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Tu venais justement de partir hier lorsque Trebatius est arrivé, puis, peu après, Curtius. Celui-ci était venu pour me saluer, mais il est resté sur mon invitation. Trebatius demeure avec nous. Ce matin, Dolabella est venu. Longue conversation jusqu’à une heure avancée. Je ne puis rien dire de plus empressé ni de plus affectueux. On en est pourtant venu à Quintus. Beaucoup de choses indicibles, impossibles à raconter; mais il en est une telle que, si une armée ne la connaissait, je n’oserais non seulement pas la dicter à Tiron, mais pas même l’écrire de ma propre main. Mais assez là-dessus. Torquatus est arrivé très opportunément chez moi, alors que Dolabella était présent, et Dolabella lui a exposé avec la plus grande courtoisie en quels termes j’avais traité avec lui. Je venais justement de m’en acquitter avec le plus grand soin, et cette diligence a paru agréable à Torquatus.
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