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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 3

Passage 166 of 1,479

Canonical reference 2.15.3

Latin

perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat

cum haec maxime scriberem, ecce tibi Sebosus! nondum plane ingemueram, salve inquit Arrius. hoc est Roma decedere! quos ego homines effugi cum in hos incidi! ego vero in montis patrios et ad incunabula nostra pergam. denique si solus non potuero, cum rusticis potius quam cum his perurbanis, ita tamen ut, quoniam tu certi nihil scribis, in Formiano tibi praestoler usque ad iii Nonas Maias.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Just as I was writing this, behold Sebosus! I had not yet finished groaning when Arrius said, ‘Greetings!’ So much for leaving Rome! What men I escaped, only to fall among these! I shall certainly go to my native mountains and the cradle of my childhood. In short, if I cannot be alone, I would rather be with countrymen than with these excessively urbane fellows, though, since you write nothing definite, I shall wait for you at Formiae until May 5.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Au moment même où j’écrivais cela, voici Sebosus! Je n’avais pas encore achevé de gémir que «Salut», dit Arrius. Voilà ce que c’est que de quitter Rome! Quels hommes ai-je fuis, pour tomber sur ceux-ci! Je gagnerai décidément les montagnes de ma patrie et notre berceau. Si je ne peux être seul, je vivrai enfin plutôt avec des paysans qu’avec ces citadins trop raffinés. Cependant, puisque tu ne m’écris rien de certain, je t’attendrai à Formies jusqu’au troisième jour avant les nones de mai.

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