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audistis, iudices
you have heard, jurors
quantum Clodi interfuerit
how much it mattered to Clodius
occidi Milonem
that Milo be killed
convertite animos…nunc
now turn your thoughts
vicissim
in turn
ad Milonem
to Milo
quid Milonis intererat
what did it matter to Milo
interfici Clodium
that Clodius be killed
quid erat cur Milo
what reason was there why Milo
non dicam admitteret
I shan’t say would commit (such a crime)
sed optaret
but would wish to do so
‘obstabat in spe consulatus Miloni Clodius’
‘Clodius was blocking Milo in his hope for the consulship’
at eo
but even with that man
repugnante
opposing him
fiebat
he was becoming (consul)
immo vero
or rather, in truth
eo fiebat magis
he was becoming consul all the more by this fact
nec me…utebatur
and he did not have me
suffragatore meliore…quam Clodio
as a better supporter than Clodius
iudices…memoria
the memory, judges
Milonis meritorum
of Milo’s services
erga me remque publicam
towards me and the republic
valebat apud vos
used to hold weight amongst you
preces et lacrimae nostrae
our prayers and tears
valebant
were important
quibus ego sentiebam
by which I perceived
tum vos mirifice moveri
at the time that you were wonderfully moved
sed…periculorum impendentium timor
but your fear of the impending dangers