§11.15.1τοιαῦτʼ εἰπόντος Κλαυδίου καὶ πολλὴν ἐλπίδα τῷ συνεδρίῳ παρασχόντος, ὡς ἀποθησομένων τῶν δέκα τὴν ἀρχήν, Ἄππιος μὲν πρὸς ταῦτα οὐδὲν ἠξίωσεν εἰπεῖν· ἐκ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων ὀλιγαρχῶν προελθὼν Κορνήλιος Μάρκος· ἡμεῖς μέν, ἔφησεν, ὦ Κλαύδιε, περὶ τῶν ἰδίων συμφερόντων αὐτοὶ διαγνωσόμεθα τῆς σῆς οὐδὲν δεόμενοι βουλῆς.
After Claudius had spoken thus and given great hope to the senate that the decemvirs would lay down their office, Appius did not deign to say anything in reply to this; but Marcus Cornelius, stepping forward from the other oligarchs, said: "O Claudius, as for our own interests, we ourselves shall decide, having no need of your counsel.
καὶ γὰρ ἡλικίας ἐν τῇ φρονιμωτάτῃ ἐσμέν, ὥστε μηδὲν τῶν διαφερόντων ἀγνοεῖν, καὶ φίλων οὐ σπανίζομεν, οἷς, ἐάν τι δέῃ, §11.15.2συμβούλοις χρησόμεθα.
For indeed we are of the most prudent age, so as not to be ignorant of anything of importance, and we do not lack friends, whom, if there is any need, we shall use as advisers.
παῦσαι δὴ πρᾶγμα ποιῶν ἄωρον, ἀνὴρ πρεσβύτερος οὐ δεομένοις συμβουλῆς γνώμας ἀποδεικνύμενος.
Stop, then, doing an unseasonable thing, showing your opinions when you are an older man to those who do not need counsel.
τῷ Ἀππίῳ δʼ εἴ τι βούλει παραινεῖν ἢ λοιδορεῖσθαι — τοῦτο γὰρ ἀληθέστερον — ὅταν ἐξέλθῃς ἐκ τοῦ συνεδρίου, λοιδορήσῃ.
And if you wish to admonish Appius or to abuse him — for this is more true — when you go out of the senate-chamber, you may abuse him.
νῦν δʼ ὑπὲρ τοῦ πρὸς Αἰκανοὺς καὶ Σαβίνους πολέμου, περὶ οὗ κέκλησαι γνώμην ἀποδειξόμενος, ὅ τι σοι φαίνεται λέγε καὶ παῦσαι τὰ ἔξω τοῦ πράγματος φλυαρῶν. §11.15.3μετὰ τοῦτον ἀνίσταται πάλιν ὁ Κλαύδιος κατηφὴς καὶ μεστοὺς ἔχων τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς δακρύων καί φησιν· Ἄππιος μὲν οὐδʼ ἀποκρίσεως ἄξιον ἡγεῖταί με, ὦ βουλή, τὸν ἑαυτοῦ θεῖον ἐναντίον ὑμῶν· ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ τὴν οἰκίαν τὴν ἰδίαν ἀπέκλεισέ μοι, καὶ τουτὶ τὸ συνέδριον ἄβατον ἐφʼ ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖ.
But now, concerning the war against the Aequians and Sabines, about which you have been called to express your opinion, say what seems good to you, and stop talking nonsense outside the matter." After him Claudius stood up again, downcast and having his eyes full of tears, and said: "Appius does not even deem me worthy of an answer, O senate, before you, though I am his own uncle; but just as he shut his own house to me, so he makes this very senate-chamber inaccessible in respect to himself.
εἰ δὲ χρὴ §11.15.4τἀληθὲς λέγειν, καὶ ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἐξελαύνομαι.
And if it is necessary to speak the truth, I am even being driven out of the city.
οὐκέτι γὰρ ἂν αὐτὸν ὀρθοῖς ὄμμασι δυναίμην ὁρᾶν ἀνάξιον γεγονότα τῶν προγόνων καὶ τυραννικὴν ἐζηλωκότα παρανομίαν, ἀλλʼ ἀνασκευασάμενος ἅπαντα τὰ ἐμὰ καὶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς εἰς Σαβίνους ἄπειμι, πόλιν οἰκήσων Ῥήγιλλον, ἐξ ἧς τὸ γένος ἡμῶν ἐστι, καὶ μενῶ τὸν λοιπὸν ἐκεῖ χρόνον, ἕως ἂν οὗτοι κατέχωσι τὴν καλὴν ταύτην ἀρχήν.
For I could no longer look at him with straight eyes, since he has become unworthy of his ancestors and has emulated tyrannical lawlessness; but packing up all my goods and my family, I shall depart to the Sabines, to inhabit the city of Regillum, from which our family originates, and I shall remain the rest of the time there, as long as these men hold this beautiful office.
ἐπειδὰν δʼ οἷα μαντεύομαι περὶ τὴν δεκαδαρχίαν γένηται — γενήσεται δʼ οὐκ εἰς μακράν — §11.15.5τότε παρέσομαι.
But when what I predict about the decemvirate happens — and it will happen before long — then I shall return.
καὶ τὰ μὲν ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ τοσαῦτα· περὶ δὲ τοῦ πολέμου ταύτην ὑμῖν, ὦ βουλή, γνώμην ἀποδείκνυμαι, μηδὲν ψηφίζεσθαι περὶ μηδενὸς πράγματος, ἕως ἀποδειχθῶσι νέαι ἀρχαί. ταῦτʼ εἰπὼν καὶ πολὺν ἐκ τοῦ συνεδρίου κινήσας ἔπαινον ἐπὶ τῷ γενναίῳ καὶ φιλελευθέρῳ τῆς γνώμης ἐκάθισε.
And so much for my own part; but concerning the war, O senate, I express this opinion to you: to vote nothing about any matter until new magistrates are appointed." Having said this and moved much praise from the senate for the noble and free-spirited nature of his opinion, he sat down.
μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ἀναστὰς Λεύκιος Κοίντιος ὁ καλούμενος Κικιννᾶτος καὶ Τίτος Κοίντιος Καπετωλῖνος καὶ Λεύκιος Λουκρήτιος καὶ πάντες ἑξῆς οἱ πρωτεύοντες δέκα τοῦ συνεδρίου τῇ Κλαυδίου γνώμῃ προσετίθεντο.
After him rose Lucius Quinctius called Cincinnatus and Titus Quinctius Capitolinus and Lucius Lucretius, and all the leading ten of the senate in order agreed with the opinion of Claudius.