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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 2

Passage 1,356 of 1,479

Canonical reference 15.13.2

Latin

perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat

indutias quas scribis non intellego fieri posse. melior est ἀναντιφωνησία qua me usurum arbitror. quod scribis legiones duas Brundisium venisse, vos omnia prius. scribes igitur quicquid audieris.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

I do not understand how the truce you mention can be made. Better is a refusal to answer, which I think I shall employ. As for your report that two legions have reached Brundisium, you people know everything first. Write, therefore, whatever you hear.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Je ne comprends pas comment la trêve dont tu parles pourrait se faire. Mieux vaut l’ἀναντιφώνησις, dont je pense user. Tu écris que deux légions sont arrivées à Brundisium: vous savez toujours tout avant nous. Écris-moi donc tout ce que tu apprendras.

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