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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 1
Passage 1,405 of 1,479
Canonical reference 16.2.1
Latin
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vi Idus duas epistulas accepi, unam a meo tabellario, alteram a Bruti. de Buthrotiis longe alia fama in his locis fuerat, sed cum aliis multis hoc ferendum. Erotem remisi citius quam constitueram, ut esset qui Hortensio et †quia et quibus quidem ait se Idibus constituisse. Hortensius vero impudenter. nihil enim debetur ei nisi ex tertia pensione quae est Kal. Sext.; ex qua pensione ipsa maior pars est ei soluta aliquanto ante diem. sed haec Eros videbit Idibus. de Publilio autem, quod perscribi oportet, moram non puto esse faciendam. sed cum videas quantum de iure nostro decesserimus qui de residuis C_C_C_C_ HS C_C_ praesentia solverimus, reliqua rescribamus, loqui cum eo, si tibi videbitur, poteris eum commodum nostrum exspectare debere, cum tanta sit a nobis iactura facta iuris.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
On 10 July I received two letters, one from my courier and the other from Brutus's. A very different report about the Buthrotians had circulated in this district, but that must be borne along with many other things. I sent Eros back sooner than I had intended so that someone might be present for Hortensius and †because... those for whom he says he had fixed the Ides†. Hortensius is behaving shamelessly. Nothing is owed him except from the third installment, which falls due on 1 August, and the greater part of that very installment was paid to him considerably before the date. But Eros will attend to this on the Ides. As for Publilius, since a full settlement ought to be made, I do not think there should be delay. Yet when you consider how much of our legal right we have surrendered, since we have paid 200,000 sesterces in cash against a balance of 400,000, we should resist the rest. If you think fit, you may tell him that he ought to await our convenience, since we have made so great a sacrifice of our rights.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Le 10 juillet, j’ai reçu deux lettres, l’une par mon courrier, l’autre de Brutus. Sur les gens de Buthrote, une rumeur bien différente avait couru dans ces parages; mais il faut supporter cela avec beaucoup d’autres choses. J’ai renvoyé Éros plus tôt que prévu, afin qu’il y eût quelqu’un pour traiter avec Hortensius et †quia et quibus quidem ait se Idibus constituisse†. Hortensius agit vraiment sans pudeur. On ne lui doit rien avant le troisième versement, qui échoit aux calendes d’août; et sur ce versement même, la plus grande part lui a été payée bien avant terme. Éros examinera néanmoins cela aux ides. Quant à Publilius, puisqu’il faut tout régler exactement, je ne crois pas qu’il faille tarder. Mais quand tu verras combien nous avons renoncé à nos droits, puisque sur les 400 000 sesterces restants nous en avons payé comptant 200 000, et que nous aurons répondu pour le reste, tu pourras, si tu le juges bon, lui expliquer qu’il doit attendre notre commodité, puisque nous avons consenti un si grand sacrifice de nos droits.
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