Letters to Atticus Passage 3

tu tamen videris mihi Romae fore ad nostrum adventum, quod sane facile patiar si tuo commodo fieri possit; sin ut scribis ita venies, velim ex Theophane expiscere quonam in me animo sit Arabarches. quaeres scilicet κατὰ τὸ κηδεμονικὸν et ad me ab eo quasi ὑποθήκασ adferes quem ad modum me geram. aliquid ex eius sermone poterimus περὶ τῶν suspicari.

Still, you seem to me likely to be at Rome when I arrive, which I can readily bear if it suits your convenience. But if you come as you write, please fish out of Theophanes what the Arabarches' feelings toward me are. Naturally you will inquire in your capacity as kinsman by marriage and bring me from him, as it were, instructions on how I should conduct myself. From his conversation we shall be able to conjecture something concerning the... .

Il me semble pourtant que tu seras à Rome lors de notre arrivée. Je l’accepterai volontiers si cela peut se faire sans te gêner. Mais si tu viens comme tu l’écris, je voudrais que tu tires de Théophane ce que l’Arabarchès pense de moi. Tu l’interrogeras naturellement κατὰ τὸ κηδεμονικόν et tu m’apporteras de sa part comme des ὑποθήκας sur la conduite à tenir. Ses propos nous permettront de soupçonner quelque chose περὶ τῶν.