Marcus Tullius Cicero→Unknown|c. -50 AD|Cicero|AI-assisted
I make use of Marcus Fabius, an excellent man and most learned person, on the most intimate terms, and I cherish him remarkably both on account of his supreme talent and supreme learning and on account of his singular modesty. I would like you to take up his business as if it were my own affair. I know you great patrons — a man would have to commit murder to get you to take on his case. But with this man I will accept no excuse. You will set everything aside, if you love me, whenever Fabius wishes to make use of your services. I am eagerly awaiting and longing for news from Rome, and above all I desire to know what you are doing. For now, on account of the severity of the winter, no news has been brought to us for a long time.
XIV. M. CICERO IMP. S. D. M. CAELIO AEDILI CURULI Laodiceae; med. Mart.(?) 50
M. Fabio, viro optimo et homine doctissimo, familiarissime utor mirificeque eum diligo cum propter summum ingenium eius summamque doctrinam tum propter singularem modestiam. Eius negotium sic velim suscipias ut si esset res mea. Novi ego vos magnos patronos; hominem occidat oportet qui vestra opera uti velit. Sed in hoc homine nullam accipio excusationem. Omnia relinques, si me amabis, cum tua opera Fabius uti volet. Ego res Romanas vehementer exspecto et desidero, in primisque quid agas scire cupio. Nam iam diu propter hiemis magnitudinem nihil novi ad nos adferebatur.
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I make use of Marcus Fabius, an excellent man and most learned person, on the most intimate terms, and I cherish him remarkably both on account of his supreme talent and supreme learning and on account of his singular modesty. I would like you to take up his business as if it were my own affair. I know you great patrons — a man would have to commit murder to get you to take on his case. But with this man I will accept no excuse. You will set everything aside, if you love me, whenever Fabius wishes to make use of your services. I am eagerly awaiting and longing for news from Rome, and above all I desire to know what you are doing. For now, on account of the severity of the winter, no news has been brought to us for a long time.
Latin / Greek Original
XIV. M. CICERO IMP. S. D. M. CAELIO AEDILI CURULI Laodiceae; med. Mart.(?) 50
M. Fabio, viro optimo et homine doctissimo, familiarissime utor mirificeque eum diligo cum propter summum ingenium eius summamque doctrinam tum propter singularem modestiam. Eius negotium sic velim suscipias ut si esset res mea. Novi ego vos magnos patronos; hominem occidat oportet qui vestra opera uti velit. Sed in hoc homine nullam accipio excusationem. Omnia relinques, si me amabis, cum tua opera Fabius uti volet. Ego res Romanas vehementer exspecto et desidero, in primisque quid agas scire cupio. Nam iam diu propter hiemis magnitudinem nihil novi ad nos adferebatur.