§5.11.1hui, totiensne me litteras dedisse Romam, cum ad te nullas darem? at vero posthac frustra potius dabo quam, si recte dari potuerint, committam ut non dem.
What, that I should have sent so many letters to Rome, when I was sending none to you? But indeed, hereafter I will rather send them in vain than, if they can be sent properly, run the risk of not sending them.
ne provincia nobis prorogetur, per fortunas! dum ades, quicquid provideri poterit provide.
Let not our province be prolonged for us, by all your fortunes! While you are there, provide whatever can be provided.
non dici potest quam flagrem desiderio urbis, quam vix harum rerum insulsitatem feram.
It cannot be said how I burn with longing for the city, how I can scarcely bear the tastelessness of these things.
§5.11.2Marcellus foede in Comensi.
Marcellus acted shamefully in the matter of the citizen of Comum.
etsi ille magistratum non gesserat, erat tamen Transpadanus.
Even if he had not held office, he was nevertheless a Transpadane.
ita mihi videtur non minus stomachi nostro quam Caesari fecisse.
Thus he seems to me to have caused no less anger to our man than to Caesar.
sed hoc ipse viderit.
But let him see to this himself.
§5.11.3Pompeius mihi quoque videbatur, quod scribis Varronem dicere, in Hispaniam certe iturus.
Pompey also seemed to me, as you write that Varro says, certainly about to go to Spain.
id ego minime probabam; qui quidem Theophani facile persuasi nihil esse melius quam illum nusquam discedere.
I by no means approved of this; indeed, I easily persuaded Theophanes that nothing is better than for him to depart nowhere.
ergo Graecus incumbet.
Therefore the Greek will apply himself to it.
valet autem auctoritas eius apud illum plurimum.
And his influence with him is very great.
§5.11.4ego has pr. Nonas Quintilis proficiscens Athenis dedi, cum ibi decem ipsos fuissem dies.
I sent this letter on the day before the Nones of July as I was departing from Athens, after I had been there for just ten days.
venerat Pomptinus, una Cn. Volusius; aderat quaestor; tuus unus Tullius aberat.
Pomptinus had arrived, together with Gnaeus Volusius; the quaestor was present; only your Tullius was absent.
aphracta Rhodiorum et dicrota Mytilenaeorum habebam et aliquid ἐπικώπων.
I had undecked vessels of the Rhodians and two-banked galleys of the Mytilenaeans and some rowboats.
de Parthis erat silentium.
There was silence about the Parthians.
quod superest, di iuvent!
As for the rest, may the gods help us!
§5.11.5nos adhuc iter per Graeciam summa cum admiratione fecimus, nec me hercule habeo quod adhuc quem accusem meorum.
We have made our journey through Greece so far with the greatest admiration, nor, by Hercules, do I have any reason to blame any of my people so far.
videntur mihi nosse nostram causam et condicionem profectionis suae; plane serviunt existimationi meae.
They seem to me to know our cause and the condition of their departure; they are clearly devoted to my reputation.
quod superest, si verum illud est οἵαπερ ἡ, certe permanebunt.
As for the rest, if that saying is true, "like master, like dog," they will certainly continue to do so.
nihil enim a me fieri ita videbunt ut sibi sit delinquendi locus.
For they will see nothing being done by me in such a way as to leave them any room for doing wrong.
sin id parum profuerit, fiet aliquid a nobis severius.
But if that should be of little help, some more severe action will be taken by us.
nam adhuc lenitate dulces sumus et, ut spero, proficimus aliquantum.
For so far we are sweet with leniency and, as I hope, we are making some progress.
sed ego hanc, ut Siculi dicunt, ἀνεξίαν in unum annum meditatus sum.
But I have practiced this "forbearance," as the Sicilians call it, for one year.
proinde pugna ne, si quid prorogatum sit, turpis inveniar.
Therefore, fight so that, if any prolongation is made, I may not be found behaving disgracefully.
§5.11.6nunc redeo ad quae mihi mandas.
Now I return to what you commission me.
†in praefectis excusatio iis†, quos voles deferto.
As for the prefects, report those whom you wish.
non ero tam μετέωροσ quam in Appuleio fui.
I will not be as irresolute as I was in the case of Appuleius.
Xenonem tam diligo quam tu, quod ipsum sentire certo scio.
I love Xeno as much as you do, which I know for certain he himself feels.
apud Patronem et reliquos barones te in maxima gratia posui et hercule merito tuo feci.
I have put you in the highest favor with Patro and the rest of the simpletons, and by Hercules, I did so by your merit.
nam mihi Ister dixit te scripsisse ad se mihi ex illius litteris rem illam curae fuisse, quod ei pergratum erat.
For Ister told me that you had written to him that that matter had been a care to me from his letter, which was very pleasing to him.
sed cum Patro mecum egisset ut peterem a vestro Ariopago ὑπομνηματισμὸν tollerent quem Polycharmo praetore fecerant, commodius visum est et Xenoni et post ipsi Patroni me ad Memmium scribere, qui pridie quam ego Athenas veni Mytilenas profectus erat, ut is ad suos scriberet posse id sua voluntate fieri.
But when Patro had pleaded with me to ask your Areopagus to remove the decree which they had made in the archonship of Polycharmus, it seemed more convenient both to Xeno and afterwards to Patro himself that I should write to Memmius, who had set out for Mytilene the day before I came to Athens, so that he might write to his friends that this could be done with his consent.
non enim dubitabat Xeno quin ab Ariopagitis invito Memmio impetrari non posset.
For Xeno did not doubt that it could not be obtained from the Areopagites against the will of Memmius.
Memmius autem aedificandi consilium abiecerat; sed erat Patroni iratus.
Now Memmius had abandoned his plan of building, but he was angry with Patro.
itaque scripsi ad eum accurate; cuius epistulae misi ad te exemplum.
Therefore I wrote to him carefully; I have sent you a copy of this letter.
§5.11.7tu velim Piliam meis verbis consolere.
I would like you to console Pilia in my words.
indicabo enim tibi, tu illi nihil dixeris.
For I will disclose it to you, but you must say nothing to her.
accepi fasciculum in quo erat epistula Piliae.
I received a bundle of letters in which was a letter from Pilia.
abstuli, aperui, legi.
I took it, opened it, and read it.
valde scripta est συμπαθῶσ.
It was written very sympathetically.
Brundisio quae tibi epistulae redditae sunt sine mea, tum videlicet datas cum ego me non belle haberem.
As for the letters which were delivered to you from Brundisium without mine, they were obviously sent at the time when I was not well.
nam illam †νομαναρια† me excusationem ne acceperis.
For do not accept that excuse of mine.
cura ut omnia sciam sed maxime ut valeas.
Take care that I know everything, but especially that you are well.