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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 2
Passage 513 of 1,479
Canonical reference 7.2.2
Latin
perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat
valetudo tua me valde conturbat; significant enim tuae litterae te prorsus laborare. ego autem, cum sciam quam sis fortis, vehementius esse quiddam suspicor quod te cogat cedere et prope modum infringat. etsi alteram quartanam Pamphilus tuus mihi dixit decessisse et alteram leviorem accedere. Terentia vero, quae quidem eodem tempore ad portam Brundisinam venit quo ego in portum mihique obvia in foro fuit, L. Pontium sibi in Trebulano dixisse narrabat etiam eam decessisse. quod si ita est, est quod maxime me hercule opto idque spero tua prudentia et temperantia te consecutum.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Your health disturbs me greatly, for your letters indicate that you are truly suffering. Since I know how strong you are, I suspect that something rather serious is forcing you to yield and almost breaking your strength. Yet your friend Pamphilus told me that one quartan fever had departed and that the other attacked you more mildly. Terentia, however, who reached the Brundisian Gate at the very time when I entered the harbor and met me in the forum, said that Lucius Pontius had told her at his Trebulan estate that the other fever too had departed. If that is so, it is the outcome I most earnestly desire, by Hercules, and I hope that you have achieved it through your good sense and moderation.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Ta santé me trouble beaucoup, car tes lettres indiquent que tu souffres réellement. Comme je connais ton courage, je soupçonne quelque chose d’assez grave pour te contraindre à céder et presque te briser. Ton ami Pamphilus m’a pourtant dit que l’une de tes deux fièvres quartes avait disparu et que l’autre revenait sous une forme plus légère. Terentia, arrivée à la porte de Brindes au moment même où j’entrais dans le port et venue à ma rencontre sur le forum, racontait que L. Pontius lui avait dit, dans son domaine de Trebula, que celle-ci aussi avait disparu. S’il en est ainsi, c’est précisément ce que, ma foi, je souhaite le plus vivement, et j’espère que ta sagesse et ta mesure t’ont permis de l’obtenir.
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