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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 1

Passage 366 of 1,479

Canonical reference 5.5.1

Latin

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plane deest quod scribam; nam nec quod mandem habeo (nihil enim praetermissum est), nec quod narrem (novi enim nihil), nec iocandi locus est; ita me multa sollicitant. tantum tamen scito, Idibus Maiis nos Venusia mane proficiscentis has dedisse. eo autem die credo aliquid actum in senatu. sequantur igitur nos tuae litterae quibus non modo res omnis sed etiam rumores cognoscamus. eas accipiemus Brundisi; ibi enim Pomptinum ad eam diem quam tu scripsisti exspectare consilium est.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

I have absolutely nothing to write. I have no commission to give, for nothing has been omitted; nothing to report, for I know nothing new; and no room for joking, so many matters trouble me. Know only this: on the Ides of May I dispatched this as we were leaving Venusia in the morning. I believe something was done in the Senate that day. Let your letters therefore follow us, so that we may learn not only every event but every rumor. We shall receive them at Brundisium, for we intend to wait there for Pomptinus until the date you mentioned.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Je n’ai absolument rien à écrire. Je n’ai ni instruction à donner, car rien n’a été omis, ni fait à raconter, car je ne sais rien de nouveau, et il n’y a pas place pour la plaisanterie, tant de choses m’inquiètent. Sache seulement que nous avons confié cette lettre aux ides de mai, le matin de notre départ de Venusia. Je crois que quelque chose s’est fait ce jour-là au Sénat. Que tes lettres nous suivent donc et nous fassent connaître non seulement tous les faits, mais aussi les rumeurs. Nous les recevrons à Brindes, car nous avons décidé d’y attendre Pomptinus jusqu’au jour que tu as indiqué.

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