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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 3
Passage 750 of 1,479
Canonical reference 9.11A.3
Latin
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quam ob rem a te peto vel potius omnibus te precibus oro et obtestor ut in tuis maximis curis aliquid impertias temporis huic quoque cogitationi ut tuo beneficio bonus vir, gratus, pius denique esse in maximi benefici memoria possim. quae si tantum ad me ipsum pertinerent, sperarem me a te tamen impetraturum, sed, ut arbitror, et ad tuam fidem et ad rem publicam pertinet me et pacis et utriusque vestrum et ad civium concordiam per te quam accommodatissimum conservari. ego cum antea tibi de Lentulo gratias egissem, cum ei saluti qui mihi fuerat fuisses, tamen lectis eius litteris quas ad me gratissimo animo de tua liberalitate beneficioque misit, †eandem me salutem a te accepisse† quam ille. in quem si me intellegis esse gratum, cura, obsecro, ut etiam in Pompeium esse possim.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Therefore I ask you, or rather beg and implore you with every entreaty, amid your greatest concerns to devote some time to considering how, through your kindness, I may be a good, grateful, and dutiful man in remembering the greatest benefit. If this concerned me alone, I would nevertheless hope to obtain it from you. But, as I judge, it concerns both your honor and the republic that through you I, being particularly suited to promote peace between you both and harmony among the citizens, should be preserved. I had already thanked you for Lentulus, because you had secured the safety of the man who had secured mine. Yet when I read the letter he sent me, expressing the deepest gratitude for your generosity and kindness, I felt that †I had received the same deliverance from you† as he had. If you understand that I am grateful toward him, see to it, I beg you, that I may also be grateful toward Pompey.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
C'est pourquoi je te demande, ou plutôt je te prie et te supplie de toutes mes forces, de consacrer, parmi tes très grandes préoccupations, quelque temps à cette pensée: que, par ton bienfait, je puisse me montrer homme de bien, reconnaissant, fidèle enfin au souvenir d'un immense service. Si cela ne concernait que moi, j'espérerais néanmoins l'obtenir de toi. Mais, à mon avis, il importe à ta loyauté et à l'État que, grâce à toi, je sois conservé aussi apte que possible à servir la paix, chacun de vous deux et la concorde des citoyens. Je t'avais déjà remercié pour Lentulus, puisque tu avais sauvé celui qui m'avait sauvé; pourtant, après avoir lu la lettre où, le cœur plein de gratitude, il me parlait de ta générosité et de ton bienfait, †j'ai reçu de toi le même salut† que lui. Si tu comprends combien je lui en suis reconnaissant, veille, je t'en prie, à ce que je puisse aussi l'être envers Pompée.
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