§12.45.1de Attica optime.
Concerning Attica, excellent.
ἀκηδία tua me movet, etsi scribis nihil esse.
Your listlessness disquiets me, although you write that it is nothing.
in Tusculano eo commodius ero quod et crebrius tuas litteras accipiam et te ipsum non numquam videbo; nam ceteroqui ἀνεκτότερα erant Asturae.
In my Tusculan villa I shall be all the more comfortable because I shall both receive your letters more frequently and see you yourself sometimes; for in other respects, Astura was more bearable.
nec haec quae refricant hic me magis angunt; etsi tamen, ubicumque sum, illa sunt mecum.
Nor do these things which reopen old wounds here distress me more; although, however, wherever I am, those things are with me.
de Caesare vicino scripseram ad te, quia cognoram ex tuis litteris.
Concerning our neighbor Caesar, I had written to you, because I had learnt of it from your letter.
eum σύνναον Quirini malo quam Salutis.
I prefer him to be a temple-sharer of Quirinus rather than of Salus.
tu vero pervulga Hirtium.
But you, do publish Hirtius widely.
id enim ipsum putaram quod scribis, ut cum ingenium amici nostri probaretur, ὑπόθεσισ vituperandi Catonis inrideretur.
For I had thought the very same thing that you write, namely, that while the talent of our friend was approved, his subject-matter of disparaging Cato might be laughed at.