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Cicero · Letters to Atticus §15.25.1

Deliberation on Travel to Greece and Meeting Brutus

Passage 434 of 461 · Latin

Summary

Cicero consults Atticus regarding his planned journey to Greece, expressing concerns about a winter voyage and the dates of the festivals, while expecting to meet with Brutus.

§15.25.1de meo itinere variae sententiae; multi enim ad me.
There are various opinions about my journey; for many [write] to me.
sed tu incumbe, quaeso, in eam curam.
But do you, I beg, apply yourself to that care.
magna res est.
It is a major matter.
an probas, si ad Kal. Ian. cogitamus? meus animus est aequus, sic tamen ut si nihil offensionis sit. †et tu etiam scire quo die Olympia cum mysteria scilicet.
Do you approve, if we are thinking of [starting] around the Kalends of January? My mind is indifferent, yet only on condition that there be no offense. †And you too know on what day the Olympics, along with the mysteries of course.
ut tu scires†, casus consilium nostri itineris iudicabit.
That you might know†, chance will decide the plan of our journey.
dubitemus igitur.
Let us hesitate, therefore.
est enim hiberna navigatio odiosa, eoque ex te quaesieram mysteriorum diem.
For a winter voyage is disagreeable, and for that reason I had asked you for the date of the mysteries.
Brutum, ut scribis, visum iri a me puto.
I think that Brutus, as you write, will be seen by me.
ego hinc volo pr. Kal.
I want to [set out] from here on the day before the Kalends.

Notes

  1. 15.25.1multi enim ad me — Ellipsis of the main verb. From the context, a verb like "write" (scribunt) or "come" (veniunt or adventant) must be supplied.
  2. 15.25.1cogitamus — The first-person plural is used here to refer to Cicero's own single plan ("I am thinking"). An infinitive such as "to set out" (proficisci) is understood after it.
  3. 15.25.1visum iri — Future passive infinitive, consisting of the accusative supine *visum* and the passive impersonal *iri*. Here it is understood with an active sense ("that I shall see Brutus").
  4. 15.25.1volo — An epistolary or colloquial ellipse where an infinitive of motion (such as *proficisci* "to set out" or *ire* "to go") is omitted after the verb of wishing *volo*.

Cite this passage

Cicero, Letters to Atticus §15.25.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi057.humanitext-lat1:15.25.1

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