Marcus Tullius Cicero→Titus Pomponius Atticus|c. -51 AD|Cicero|AI-assisted
Daily, or rather more and more every day, I send you shorter letters:
for daily I suspect more than ever that you have started for Epirus.
However, to inform you that I have taken in hand your previous
commission:—Pompey says that he will appoint five new prefects,
exempting them from serving on juries. For myself, after spending three
days with Pompey at his house, I am setting out for Brundisium on the
20th of May. I am leaving behind me a noble citizen, well-prepared to
ward off the dangers we fear. I shall await your letters to inform me of
your actions and whereabouts.
cotidie vel potius in dies singulos breviores litteras ad te mitto; cotidie enim magis suspicor te in Epirum iam profectum. sed tamen ut mandatum scias me curasse, quo de ante, ait se Pompeius quinos praefectos delaturum novos vacationis iudiciariae causa. ego cum triduum cum Pompeio et apud Pompeium fuissem, proficiscebar Brundisium a. d. xi Kal. Iunias. civem illum egregium relinquebam et ad haec quae timentur propulsanda paratissimum. tuas litteras exspectabo cum ut quid agas tum (ut) ubi sis sciam.
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Daily, or rather more and more every day, I send you shorter letters: for daily I suspect more than ever that you have started for Epirus. However, to inform you that I have taken in hand your previous commission:—Pompey says that he will appoint five new prefects, exempting them from serving on juries. For myself, after spending three days with Pompey at his house, I am setting out for Brundisium on the 20th of May. I am leaving behind me a noble citizen, well-prepared to ward off the dangers we fear. I shall await your letters to inform me of your actions and whereabouts.
Latin / Greek Original
cotidie vel potius in dies singulos breviores litteras ad te mitto; cotidie enim magis suspicor te in Epirum iam profectum. sed tamen ut mandatum scias me curasse, quo de ante, ait se Pompeius quinos praefectos delaturum novos vacationis iudiciariae causa. ego cum triduum cum Pompeio et apud Pompeium fuissem, proficiscebar Brundisium a. d. xi Kal. Iunias. civem illum egregium relinquebam et ad haec quae timentur propulsanda paratissimum. tuas litteras exspectabo cum ut quid agas tum (ut) ubi sis sciam.