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Cicero
Orator Passage 207
Passage 207 of 238
Canonical reference 207
Latin
perseus-cicero-orator-lat
ac licet non ad singula respondentem de universo genere sic dicere, ut etiam singulis satis responsum esse videatur. Remotis igitur reliquis generibus unum selegimus hoc, quod in causis foroque versatur, de quo diceremus. Ergo in aliis, id est in historia et in eo quod appellamus ἐπιδεικτικόν , placet omnia dici Isocrateo Theopompeoque more illa circumscriptione ambituque, ut tamquam in orbe inclusa currat oratio, quoad insistat in singulis perfectis absolutisque sententiis.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
It is possible to speak generally about the whole class without answering every question separately, yet seem to have answered each sufficiently. Setting aside the other kinds of discourse, then, I selected for discussion the single kind employed in cases and in the Forum. In the others, namely history and what we call ἐπιδεικτικόν, all statements should, I think, be expressed after the manner of Isocrates and Theopompus, with that circumscription and circuit, so that speech runs as though enclosed in a circle until it comes to rest in each complete and finished thought.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Sans répondre à chaque point séparément, on peut parler du genre entier de telle sorte qu’il paraisse avoir été suffisamment répondu à chacun. Laissant donc de côté les autres genres, nous avons choisi pour notre exposé celui qui se pratique dans les causes et au forum. Dans les autres, c’est-à-dire dans l’histoire et dans ce que nous appelons ἐπιδεικτικόν, on admet que tout soit dit à la manière d’Isocrate et de Théopompe, selon cette circonscription et cette période, afin que le discours coure comme enfermé dans un cercle jusqu’à ce qu’il s’arrête sur chaque pensée parfaite et achevée.
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