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Cicero
Philippics Passage 19
Passage 445 of 544
Canonical reference 12.19
Latin
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proficiscantur legati optimis ominibus , sed ei proficiscantur in quibus non offendatur Antonius. quod si de Antonio non laboratis, mihi certe, patres conscripti, consulere debetis. parcite oculis saltem meis et aliquam veniam iusto dolori date. quo enim aspectu videre potero - omitto hostem patriae, ex quo mihi odium in illum commune vobiscum est - sed quo modo aspiciam mihi uni crudelissimum hostem, ut declarant eius de me acerbissimae contiones? adeone me ferreum putatis ut cum eo congredi aut illum aspicere possim qui nuper, cum in contione donaret eos qui ei de parricidis audacissimi videbantur, mea bona donare se dixit Petusio Vrbinati, qui ex naufragio luculenti patrimoni ad haec Antoniana saxa proiectus est.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Let the envoys depart under the best omens, but let those depart at whom Antonius will take no offence. If you feel no concern about Antonius, you should certainly consider my interests, conscript fathers. Spare at least my eyes and grant some indulgence to justified pain. With what expression shall I be able to look upon him? I omit his being the enemy of our country, which gives me a hatred of him shared with you. But how shall I look upon a man who is the cruellest enemy to me personally, as his most bitter speeches against me declare? Do you think me so made of iron that I can meet or look upon the man who recently, while rewarding in a public assembly those whom he thought boldest among the parricides, said he was giving my property to Petusius of Urbinum, who after the shipwreck of a splendid inheritance was cast upon these rocks of Antonius?
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Que les ambassadeurs partent sous les meilleurs auspices, mais que partent ceux qui ne déplaisent pas à Antonius. Si vous ne vous préoccupez pas d’Antonius, pères conscrits, vous devez du moins veiller sur moi. Épargnez au moins mes yeux et accordez quelque indulgence à une juste douleur. De quel regard pourrai-je voir, je laisse de côté l’ennemi de la patrie, puisque ma haine contre lui m’est commune avec vous, mais comment regarderai-je celui qui est mon ennemi personnel le plus cruel, comme le montrent ses discours si acharnés contre moi ? Me croyez-vous donc assez insensible pour pouvoir rencontrer ou regarder l’homme qui, récemment, distribuant devant le peuple des récompenses à ceux qui lui paraissaient les plus audacieux parmi les parricides, déclara donner mes biens à Petusius d’Urbinum, rejeté sur ces récifs d’Antonius après le naufrage d’un riche patrimoine ?
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