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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 2

Passage 275 of 1,479

Canonical reference 4.1.2

Latin

perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat

itaque hoc tibi vere adfirmo, in maxima laetitia et exoptatissima gratulatione unum ad cumulandum gaudium conspectum aut potius complexum mihi tuum defuisse. quem semel nactus si umquam dimisero ac nisi etiam praetermissos fructus tuae suavitatis praeteriti temporis omnis exegero, profecto hac restitutione fortunae me ipse non satis dignum iudicabo.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

I therefore solemnly assure you of this: amid my supreme happiness and the congratulations I had most ardently desired, the one thing lacking to complete my joy was the sight, or rather the embrace, of you. Once I have gained it, if I ever let it go, and if I do not also exact all the missed pleasures of your delightful company from the whole past period, I shall certainly judge myself insufficiently worthy of this restoration of my fortune.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Aussi je t’affirme sincèrement ceci : au milieu de ma joie extrême et des félicitations si ardemment désirées, il ne m’a manqué, pour combler mon bonheur, que de te voir ou plutôt de t’étreindre. Une fois que je t’aurai retrouvé, si jamais je te laisse partir et si je ne recueille pas aussi tous les fruits de ta douceur dont le temps passé m’a privé, je me jugerai assurément indigne de ce rétablissement de ma fortune.

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