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Cicero · Letters to Atticus §8.11A.1

Pompey Advising Cicero to Join Him at Luceria

Passage 179 of 461 · Latin

Summary

Pompey reports to Cicero the news brought by Fabius that Domitius and his troops are marching toward him, and advises Cicero to come to Luceria for safety.

§8.11A.1Q. Fabius ad me venit a. d. iiii Idus Febr.
Quintus Fabius came to me on the fourth day before the Ides of February.
is nuntiat L. Domitium cum suis cohortibus xii et cum cohortibus xiiii quas Vibullius adduxit ad me iter habere; habuisse in animo proficisci Corfinio a. d. v Idus Febr. ; C. Hirrum cum v cohortibus subsequi.
He reports that Lucius Domitius, with his own twelve cohorts and with fourteen cohorts which Vibullius brought, is on his way to me; that he had it in mind to set out from Corfinium on the fifth day before the Ides of February; and that Gaius Hirrus with five cohorts is following close behind.
censeo ad nos Luceriam venias. nam te hic tutissime puto fore.
I advise you to come to us at Luceria; for I think you will be safest here.

Notes

  1. 8.11A.1a. d. iiii Idus Febr. — Abbreviation for ante diem quartum Idus Februarias. It designates the fourth day before the Ides of February (February 13), counting inclusively, which corresponds to February 10 (similarly, a. d. v Idus Febr. refers to February 9).
  2. 8.11A.1is nuntiat L. Domitium ... iter habere; habuisse in animo ...; C. Hirrum ... subsequi. — Three accusative and infinitive clauses (indirect speech) are coordinated under the main verb nuntiat. The first is L. Domitium ... iter habere (present infinitive); the second is [Domitium] habuisse in animo (perfect infinitive, with the subject Domitius omitted); the third is C. Hirrum ... subsequi (present infinitive, with C. Hirrum as its subject).
  3. 8.11A.1censeo ... venias — The verb censeo is directly followed by the present subjunctive venias (second-person singular) without the conjunction ut. This introduces a noun clause of hortatory or volitive force.

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Cicero, Letters to Atticus §8.11A.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi057.humanitext-lat1:8.11A.1

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