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Cicero · Letters to Atticus §12.48.1

Publication of Hirtius's Book and Awaiting Atticus

Passage 322 of 461 · Latin

Summary

Cicero encourages the publication of Hirtius's book and notes the appreciation of Atticus's house due to Caesar becoming his neighbor. He also inquires about Atticus's progress and expresses his anticipation of Atticus's arrival at Tusculum.

§12.48.1Hirti librum, ut facis, divulga.
Publish Hirtius's book, as you are doing.
de Philotimo idem et ego arbitrabar.
I was of the same opinion regarding Philotimus.
domum tuam pluris video futuram vicino Caesare.
I see that your house will be worth more now that Caesar is a neighbor.
tabellarium meum hodie exspectamus. nos de Pilia et Attica certiores faciet.
We are expecting my letter-carrier today; he will inform us about Pilia and Attica.
domi te libenter esse facile credo.
I easily believe that you are glad to be at home.
sed velim scire quid tibi restet aut iamne confeceris.
But I would like to know what is left for you to do, or whether you have already finished it.
ego te in Tusculano exspecto eoque magis quod Tironi statim te venturum scripsisti et addidisti te putare opus esse.
I am expecting you at my Tusculan villa, and all the more so because you wrote to Tiro that you would come immediately, and added that you thought it was necessary.

Notes

  1. §12.48.1vicino Caesare — An ablative absolute consisting of a noun (the proper name Caesare) and an adjective (vicino), lacking the participle of the copula (esse). It expresses cause or circumstance: "since Caesar is a neighbor."
  2. §12.48.1pluris — Genitive of value, functioning as the predicate of the future infinitive futuram [esse], indicating that the house will "be of more value."
  3. §12.48.1velim — Present subjunctive, expressing a modest or polite wish ("I should like to").
  4. §12.48.1eoque magis quod — The word eo is an ablative of degree of difference, which together with magis means "all the more," with the reason being introduced by the quod clause ("all the more because").
  5. §12.48.1te putare opus esse — An accusative and infinitive clause acting as the direct object of addidisti. Within this clause, the impersonal construction opus esse ("that there is need") functions as the object infinitive of putare.

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Cicero, Letters to Atticus §12.48.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi057.humanitext-lat1:12.48.1

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