Chapter 58 Flashcards
si enim tam familiaris erat mulieris quam vos vultis,
For if he was such an intimate friend of the woman as you desire,
istos quoque servos familiares esse dominae sciebat.
he knew that those (wicked) slaves, also, were intimate friends of the mistress.
sin ei tantamconsuetudo quanta a vobis inducitur non erat,
But if Caelius did not have so great an intimacy (with her) as is being put forward by you,
quae cum servis eius potuit familiaritas esse tanta?
what such great intimacy with the slaves could he have had?
ipsius autem veneni quae ratio fingitur?
Moreover, what motive for the poison itself is being fabricated?
ubi quaesitum est, quemad modum paratum, quo pacto, cui, quo in loco traditum?
Where was it obtained, how was it prepared, in what way, to whom and in what place was it handed over?
habuisse aiunt domi vimque eius esse expertum in servo quodam ad eam rem ipsam parato;
They assert that (Caelius) had it at home and that (he) had tried out its potency on some slave procured for that very purpose;
cuius perceleri interitu esse ab hoc comprobatum venenum.
and as a result of this sudden death of the slave, the (efficacy of the) poison was proved.