46 Flashcards
primum quaero qui
first I ask how
id scire potuerit
he could have known it
quod
a question which
vos idem…non potestis
you cannot ask likewise
in Clodio
in the case of Clodius
ut enim…rogasset
for him only to have asked
neminem alium
no one else
nisi…familiarissimum suum, Titum Patinam
except his own closest friend, Titus Patina
scire potuit illo
he could have ascertained from him
ipso die…necesse esse
that on that very day it was necessary
prodi flaminem
for a priest to be appointed
Lanuvi a dictatore Milone
by Milo, the chief-magistrate of Lanuvium
sed erant permulti alii
but there were very many other people
ex quibus…posset
from whom he could
id facillime scire
very easily have learned that
scilicet
evidently
omnes…Lanuvini
all the people of Lanuvium
Milo…unde quaesivit
from whom could Milo have enquired
de Clodi reditu
about Clodius’ return
quaesierit sane…servum
indeed let him have asked…his slave
videte quid vobis largiar
see what I am granting to you
ut Quintus Arrius, amicus meus, dixit
as Quintus Arrius, my friend [possibly sarcastic or conventional], has said
etiam…corruperit
let him even have bribed him
legite testimonia
read the testimonies
testium vestrorum
of your own witnesses
Gaius Causinius Schola, Interamnanus
Gaius Causinius Schola of Interamna
familiarissimus et idem comes Clodi
a very close friend and also a companion of Clodius
dixit…Publium Clodium…mansurum fuisse
had said that Publius Clodius would have stayed
illo die
on that day
in Albano
at his Alban estate
sed subito
but suddenly
ei esse nuntiatum
it was reported to him
Cyrum architectum esse mortuum
that his architect Cyrus was dead
itaque…constituisse proficisci
and so he had decided to set out
repente Romam
for Rome immediately
item comes Publi Clodi, Gaius Clodius
Gaius Clodius, likewise a companion of Publius Clodius
dixit hoc
has said this too
