§15.17.1duas accepi postridie Idus, alteram eo die datam, alteram Idibus.
I received two letters on the day after the Ides, one sent on that very day, the other on the Ides.
prius igitur superiori.
So, first to the earlier one.
de D. Bruto, cum scies.
About Decimus Brutus, when you know.
de consulum ficto timore cognoveram.
I had already heard about the feigned fear of the consuls.
Sicca enim φιλοστόργωσ ille quidem sed tumultuosius ad me etiam illam suspicionem pertulit.
For Sicca, affectionately (φιλοστόργωσ) indeed but rather excitedly, brought even that suspicion to me.
quid tu autem?
"τὰ μὲν διδόμενα"
—? nullum enim verbum a †Siregio†.
But what about you? "What is given" —? For there is not a word from Siregius.
non placet.
I do not like it.
de Plaetono vicino tuo permoleste tuli quemquam prius audisse quam me.
About your neighbor Plaetonus, I was extremely annoyed that anyone should have heard before me.
de Syro prudenter.
About Syrus, you acted prudently.
L. Antonium per Marcum fratrem, ut arbitror, facillime deterrebis.
Lucius Antonius, as I think, you will very easily deter through his brother Marcus.
Antroni vetui; sed nondum acceperas litteras, ne cuiquam nisi L. Fadio aedili.
I forbade regarding Antronius; but you had not yet received my letter, that (payment should be made) to no one except the aedile Lucius Fadius.
aliter enim nec caute nec iure fieri potest.
For otherwise it cannot be done either cautiously or legally.
quod scribis tibi deesse HS c_ quae Ciceroni curata sint, velim ab Erote quaeras ubi sit merces insularum.
As for your writing that you lack one hundred thousand sesterces which were paid to Cicero, I would like you to ask Eros where the rent of the insulae is.
Arabioni de Sittio nihil irascor.
I am not at all angry with Arabio regarding Sittius.
ego de itinere nisi explicato †Λ† nihil cogito; quod idem tibi videri puto.
For my part, I think nothing of a journey unless †Λ† is cleared up; which I think seems the same to you.
§15.17.2habes ad superiorem.
There is my reply to the earlier letter.
nunc audi ad alteram.
Now hear the reply to the other.
tu vero facis ut omnia quod Serviliae non dees, id est Bruto.
You indeed act as you always do in not failing Servilia, that is, Brutus.
de regina gaudeo te non laborare, testem etiam tibi probari.
About the queen, I am glad that you are not worrying, and that the witness is approved by you.
Erotis rationes et ex Tirone cognovi et vocavi ipsum.
I have both learned of Eros's accounts from Tiro and summoned Eros himself.
gratissimum quod polliceris Ciceroni nihil defuturum; de quo mirabilia Messalla qui Lanuvio rediens ab illis venit ad me, et me hercule ipsius litterae sic et φιλοστόργωσ et εὐπινῶσ scriptae ut eas vel in acroasi audeam legere.
It is most gratifying that you promise nothing will be lacking for Cicero; about whom Messalla, coming to me from them on his return from Lanuvium, told me wonderful things, and, by Hercules, his own letter was written so affectionately (φιλοστόργωσ) and elegantly (εὐπινῶσ) that I would dare to read it even in a lecture.
quo magis illi indulgendum puto.
Therefore, I think he should be treated all the more indulgently.
de Buciliano Sestium puto non moleste ferre.
About Bucilianus, I think Sestius is not annoyed.
ego, si Tiro ad me, cogito in Tusculanum.
For myself, if Tiro comes to me, I plan to go to my Tusculan villa.
tu vero, quicquid erit quod me scire par sit, statim.
You, indeed, whatever there is that is proper for me to know, immediately.