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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 1

Passage 162 of 1,479

Canonical reference 2.14.1

Latin

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quantam tu mihi moves exspectationem de sermone Bibuli, quantam de colloquio βοώπιδοσ , quantam etiam de illo delicato convivio! proinde ita fac venias ut ad sitientis auris. quamquam nihil est iam quod magis timendum nobis putem quam ne ille noster Sampsiceramus, quom se omnium sermonibus sentiet vapulare et quom has actiones εὐανατρέπτουσ videbit, ruere incipiat. ego autem usque eo sum enervatus ut hoc otio quo nunc tabescimus malim ἐντυραννεῖσθαι quam cum optima spe dimicare.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

How you arouse my expectation concerning Bibulus' conversation, the interview with the ox-eyed lady, and even that luxurious banquet! So arrange to come prepared for thirsty ears. Yet I now think there is nothing we should fear more than that our Sampsiceramus, when he feels himself being battered by everyone's talk and sees how easily these measures can be overturned, may begin to rush headlong. For my part, I am so enervated that in this leisure where I am now wasting away, I would rather live under tyranny than fight with the best of hopes.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Quelle attente tu fais naître en moi au sujet des propos de Bibulus, de l’entretien de la βοῶπις et même de ce banquet raffiné! Arrange-toi donc pour venir parler à des oreilles assoiffées. Pourtant, je ne crois plus rien devoir craindre davantage que de voir notre Sampsicéramus, lorsqu’il se sentira battu par les propos de tous et constatera que ces actes sont εὐανάτρεπτοι, commencer à se précipiter. Pour moi, je suis à ce point énervé que, dans cette oisiveté où nous nous consumons, je préfère ἐντυραννεῖσθαι plutôt que combattre avec les meilleurs espoirs.

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