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Cicero · Letters to Atticus §2.10.1

Cancelling the Trip to Antium to Stay at Formiae

Passage 38 of 461 · Latin

Summary

Cicero informs Atticus of his decision to skip the games at Antium in order to avoid the suspicion of luxury, opting instead to wait for him at Formiae.

§2.10.1volo ames meam constantiam.
I want you to appreciate my consistency.
ludos Anti spectare non placet; est enim ὑποσόλοικον, quom velim vitare omnium deliciarum suspicionem, repente ἀναφαίνεσθαι non solum delicate sed etiam inepte peregrinantem.
It does not please me to watch the games at Antium; for it is somewhat awkward, when I wish to avoid the suspicion of all luxury, suddenly to appear traveling not only luxuriously but even foolishly.
qua re usque ad Nonas Maias te in Formiano exspectabo.
Therefore, I will wait for you in my Formian villa until the Nones of May.
nunc fac ut sciam quo die te visuri simus.
Now, let me know on what day we are to see you.
ab Appi Foro hora quarta.
From Appii Forum, at the fourth hour.
dederam aliam paulo ante a Tribus Tabernis.
I sent another letter a little while ago from Tres Tabernae.

Notes

  1. §2.10.1ames — Subjunctive mood after the verb volo, with the omission of ut, expressing the speaker's wish.
  2. §2.10.1Anti — The locative case of the second-declension noun Antium, indicating 'at Antium'.
  3. §2.10.1peregrinantem — An accusative present participle agreeing with the implied subject (me) of the Greek infinitive ἀναφαίνεσθαι, functioning predicatively.

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Cicero, Letters to Atticus §2.10.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi057.humanitext-lat1:2.10.1

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