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Cicero · Letters to Atticus §16.16.1

Correspondence with Plancus and Atticus's Sister

Passage 455 of 461 · Latin

Summary

Cicero acknowledges Atticus's letter, mentions his correspondence with Plancus and the upcoming update from Tiro, and asks Atticus to attend to his sister's affairs once he is free.

§16.16.1iucundissimas tuas legi litteras.
I have read your most delightful letter.
ad Plancum scripsi, misi.
I have written to Plancus and sent it.
habes exemplum.
You have a copy.
cum Tirone quid sit locutus cognoscam ex ipso.
What he spoke with Tiro, I shall learn from himself.
cum sorore ages attentius, si te occupatione ista relaxaris.
You will deal more carefully with your sister, if you free yourself from that occupation.

Notes

  1. §16.16.1quid sit locutus — Subjunctive perfect of the deponent verb loquor in an indirect question. The subject of the clause is the person with whom Tiro spoke (e.g. Plancus), whereas ex ipso in the main clause refers to Tiro himself.
  2. §16.16.1relaxaris — A syncopated form of relaxaveris (future perfect active second-person singular of the first-conjugation verb relaxo). The conditional clause si... relaxaris denotes a future action completed prior to the future action of the main verb ages.

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Cicero, Letters to Atticus §16.16.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi057.humanitext-lat1:16.16.1

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