§11.3.131illud non ferendum, quod quidam, reiecta in humerum toga, cum dextra sinum usque ad lumbos reduxerunt, sinistra gestum facientes spatiantur et fabulantur, cum etiam laevam restringere prolata longius dextra sit odiosum.
It is not to be tolerated that some, having thrown the toga back over the shoulder, when they have drawn back the fold with the right hand as far as the loins, walk about and chat making gestures with the left hand, although even to restrict the left hand when the right is brought forward rather far is offensive.
under moneor, (ut ne id quidem transeam) ineptissime fieri, cum inter moras laudationum aut in aurem alicuius loquuntur aut cum sodalibus iocantur aut nonnunquam ad librarios suos ita respiciunt, ut sportulam dictare videantur.
From this I am reminded (so that I may not pass over even this) that it is most foolishly done when, during the intervals of applause, they either speak into someone's ear or joke with companions or sometimes look back at their clerks in such a way that they seem to be dictating a dole.
§11.3.132inclinari ad iudicem, cum doceas, utique si id de quo loquaris sit obscurius, decet.
To lean toward the judge when you are instructing him, especially if that about which you are speaking is somewhat obscure, is becoming.
incumbere advocato adversis subselliis sedenti contumeliosum.
To lean over an advocate sitting on the opposite benches is insulting.
reclinari etiam ad suos et manibus sustineri, nisi plane iusta fatigatio est, delicatum, sicut palam moneri excidentis aut legere.
To lean back even on one's own people and to be supported by their hands, unless it is a case of clearly justified fatigue, is effeminate, just as it is to be openly prompted when slipping, or to read.
§11.3.133namque in his omnibus et vis illa dicendi solvitur et frigescit adfectus et iudex parum sibi praestari reverentiae credit.
For in all these things that force of speaking is dissolved, and the passion grows cold, and the judge believes that too little respect is paid to him.
transire in diversa subsellia parum verecundum est.
To cross over to the opposite benches is of little modesty.
nam et Cassius Severus urbane adversus hoc facientem lineas poposcit.
For Cassius Severus also wittily demanded lines against one doing this.
et si aliquando concitate itur, nunquam non frigide reditur.
And if sometimes one goes there excitedly, one never returns but coldly.
§11.3.134multum ex iis, quae praecepimus, mutari necesse est ab iis, qui dicunt apud tribunalia.
Much of what we have prescribed must be changed by those who speak at tribunals.
nam et vultus erectior, ut eum, apud quem dicitur, spectet; et gestus ut ad eundem tendens elatior sit, necesse est; et alia, quae occurrere etiam me tacente omnibus possunt.
For both the countenance must be more erect, so that it looks at him before whom one speaks; and the gesture, as if reaching toward the same, must be more elevated; and other things, which can occur to everyone even with me keeping silent.
itemque ab iis, qui sedentes agent.
Likewise by those who will plead sitting.
nam et fere fit hoc in rebus minoribus, et iidem impetus actionis esse non possunt, et quaedam vitia fiunt necessaria.
For both this generally happens in minor matters, and the same force of action cannot be present, and certain faults become necessary.
§11.3.135nam et dexter pes a laeva iudicis sedenti proferendus est, et ex altera parte multi gestus necesse est in sinistrum eant, ut ad iudicem spectent.
For both the right foot must be brought forward by one sitting on the left of the judge, and on the other side many gestures must go to the left, so that they look toward the judge.
equidem plerosque et ad singulas clausulas sententiarum video adsurgentes et nonnullos subinde aliquid etiam spatiantes, quod an deceat, ipsi viderint; cum id faciunt, non sedentes agunt.
For my part, I see most rising even at the individual conclusions of sentences, and some from time to time even walking about a little, as to whether this is becoming, let them see to it; when they do this, they are not pleading sitting.
§11.3.136bibere aut etiam esse inter agendum, quod multis moris fuit et est quibusdam, ab oratore meo procul absit.
To drink or even to eat while pleading, which has been a custom for many and is so for some, should be far from my orator.
nam si quis aliter dicendi onera perferre non possit, non ita miserum est non agere potiusque multo quam et operis et hominum contemptum fateri.
For if anyone cannot otherwise bear the burdens of speaking, it is not so wretched not to plead, and much better than to confess contempt both of the work and of men.
§11.3.137cultus non est proprius oratoris aliquis sed magis in oratore conspicitur.
Dress is not some specific thing proper to the orator, but it is more noticed in the orator.
quare sit, ut in omnibus honestis debet esse, splendidus et virilis.
Wherefore, as it ought to be in all honorable men, let it be splendid and manly.
nam et toga et calceus et capillus tam nimia cura quam negligentia sunt reprehendenda.
For both the toga and the shoe and the hair are to be blamed as much for too much care as for negligence.
est aliquid in amictu, quod ipsum aliquatenus temporum condicione mutatum est.
There is something in the wearing of the robe, which itself has been changed to some extent by the condition of the times.
nam veteribus nulli sinus, perquam breves post illos fuerunt.
For the ancients had no folds, and those after them were very short.
§11.3.138itaque etiam gestu necesse est usos esse in principiis eos alio, quorum brachium, sicut Graecorum, veste continebatur.
Therefore it is necessary that those whose arm, like that of the Greeks, was contained by the garment, used another gesture in the beginnings.
sed nos de praesentibus loquimur.
But we are speaking of present things.
cui lati clavi ius non erit, ita cingatur, ut tunicae prioribus oris infra genua paulum, posterioribus ad medios poplites usque perveniant.
He who shall not have the right to the broad stripe, let him be girt so that the front edges of the tunic reach a little below the knees, and the back edges as far as the middle of the ham.
nam infra mulierum est, supra centurionum.
For below is for women, above for centurions.
§11.3.139ut purpura recte descendat, levis cura est; notatur interim negligentia.
That the purple should descend straight is a light care; yet sometimes negligence is noted.
latum habentium clavum modus est, ut sit paulum cinctis summissior.
For those having the broad stripe, the limit is that it be a little lower than for those who are girt.
ipsam togam rotundam esse et apte caesam velim, aliter enim multis modis fiet enormis.
I would wish the toga itself to be round and fitly cut, for otherwise in many ways it will become shapeless.
pars eius prior mediis cruribus optime terminatur, posterior eadem portione altius qua cinctura.
Its front part is best terminated at the middle of the shins, its back part higher by the same proportion as the girding.
§11.3.140sinus decentissimus, si aliquanto supra imam tunicam fuerit; nunquam certe sit inferior.
The fold is most becoming if it is somewhat above the bottom of the tunic; let it certainly never be lower.
ille, qui sub humero dextro ad sinistrum oblique ducitur velut balteus, nec strangulet nec fluat.
That which is drawn obliquely under the right shoulder to the left like a belt, let it neither strangle nor flow.
pars togae, quae postea imponitur, sit inferior; nam ita et sedet melius et continetur.
The part of the toga which is laid on afterwards should be lower; for thus it both sits better and is held together.
subducenda etiam pars aliqua tunicae, ne ad lacertum in actu redeat; tum sinus iniciendus humero, cuius extremam oram reiecisse non dedecet.
Some part of the tunic also must be drawn up, lest in action it return to the arm; then the fold is to be thrown over the shoulder, of which it is not unbecoming to have thrown back the outermost edge.