§15.12.1bene me hercule de Buthroto.
By Hercules, excellent news about Buthrotum.
at ego Tironem ad Dolabellam cum litteris, quia iusseras, miseram.
But I had sent Tiro to Dolabella with a letter, because you had ordered it.
quid nocet? de nostris autem Antiatibus satis videbar plane scripsisse, ut non dubitares quin essent otiosi futuri usurique beneficio Antoni contumelioso.
What harm does it do? Moreover, regarding our friends at Antium, I thought I had written clearly enough so that you would not doubt that they are going to remain inactive and make use of Antony’s insulting favor.
Cassius frumentariam rem aspernabatur; eam Servilia sublaturam ex senatus consulto se esse dicebat.
Cassius was rejecting the grain commission; Servilia said she would see to it that it was removed from the decree of the Senate.
noster vero καὶ μάλα σεμνῶσ in Asiam, postea quam mihi est adsensus tuto se Romae esse non posse (ludos enim absens facere malebat), statim ait se iturum simul ac ludorum apparatum iis qui curaturi essent tradidisset.
But our friend, with great solemnity, [said he would go] to Asia, after he agreed with me that he could not be safe in Rome (for he preferred to hold the games in his absence), and he immediately said he would go as soon as he had handed over the preparation of the games to those who were to take charge of them.
navigia conligebat; erat animus in cursu.
He was collecting ships; his mind was on his voyage.
interea in isdem locis erant futuri.
Meanwhile, they were going to remain in those same places.
§15.12.2Brutus quidem se aiebat Asturae.
Brutus indeed said he [would be] at Astura.
L. quidem Antonius liberaliter litteris sine cura me esse iubet.
Lucius Antonius, indeed, generously bids me in a letter to be without care.
habeo unum beneficium, alterum fortasse, si in Tusculanum venerit.
I have one favor, and perhaps another, if he comes to my Tusculan villa.
o negotia non ferenda! quae feruntur tamen.
Oh, unbearable business! Which is borne, nevertheless.
τῶνδε αἰτίαν τῶν Βρούτων τις ἔχει.
One of the Brutuses bears the blame for these things.
in Octaviano, ut perspexi, satis ingeni, satis animi, videbatur que erga nostros ἥρωασ ita fore ut nos vellemus animatus.
In Octavian, as far as I have discerned, there is sufficient talent and sufficient spirit, and he seemed likely to be disposed toward our "heroes" just as we would wish.
sed quid aetati credendum sit, quid nomini, quid hereditati, quid κατηχήσει, magni consili est.
But what reliance should be placed on his age, what on his name, what on his inheritance, what on his "indoctrination," is a matter of great deliberation.
vitricus quidem nihil censebat; quem Asturae vidimus.
His stepfather, indeed, thought nothing of him; whom we saw at Astura.
sed tamen alendus est et, ut nihil aliud, ab Antonio seiungendus.
But nevertheless, he must be fostered and, if nothing else, separated from Antony.
Marcellus praeclare, si praecipit †nostro nostri†. cui quidem ille deditus mihi videbatur.
Marcellus does excellently, if he is giving advice to our young man; to whom indeed the latter seemed to me to be devoted.
Pansae autem et Hirtio non nimis credebat.
But he did not trust Pansa and Hirtius too much.
bona indoles, ἐὰν διαμείνῃ.
A good disposition, if it only lasts.