M. Tullius Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 76

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[76] 28 verum haec missa facio; illud quaero, is homo qui¹ ut tute dicis, numquam inter homines fuerit², per quos homines hoc tantum facinus, tam occultum³, absens praesertim, conficere potuerit. multa sunt falsa, iudices, quae tamen argui suspiciose possunt; in his rebus si suspicio reperta erit, culpam inesse concedam. Romae Sex. Roscius occiditur, cum in agro Amerino esset filius. Litteras, credo, misit alicui sicario qui Romae noverat neminem. arcessivit⁴ aliquem⁵. quem⁶ aut⁷ quando? nuntium misit. quem aut ad quem? pretio, gratia, spe, promissis induxit aliquem. nihil horum ne confingi quidem potest; et tamen causa de parricidio dicitur.

Pro S. Roscio Amerino. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1908.

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Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 1. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.)

Translations (1)

For Sextus Roscius of Ameria Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 1. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1903.) — 76 focus

[76] But I will say no more of this. I ask then by whose instrumentality did this man, who, as you yourself say, never mixed with men, contrive to accomplish this terrible crime with such secrecy, especially while absent? There are many things, O judges, which are false, and which can still be argued so as to cause suspicion. But in this matter, if any grounds for suspicion can be discovered, I will admit that there is guilt. Sextus Roscius is murdered at Rome , while his son is at his farm at Ameria . He sent letters, I suppose, to some assassin, he who knew no one at Rome . He sent for some one—but when? He sent a messenger—whom? or to whom? Did he persuade any one by bribes, by influence, by hope, by promises? None of these things can even be invented against him, and yet a trial for parricide is going on.

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Pro S. Roscio Amerino

1. qui ψ2: om. cett.

2. fuit A

3. occulte Kayser

4. arcessivit arcessi vita ς: arcessunt A φ

5. aliquem.

6. Quem Priscian. ( K. iii. 534): aliquem codd.

7. aut ς: at (ac ω) cett.

Commentary

Notes on Pro S. Roscio Amerino (Select Orations of Cicero (Allen and Greenough's Edition). Greenough, James Bradstreet; Kittredge, George Lyman, editors. Boston, London: Ginn & Company, 1897.) focus

quo . . . eo , the less . . . the more.

multis = many other (implied in the generalizing cum, not-only, followed by

tum , but also).

armis , abl. of specification.

tum , but also (correlative with

cum in l. 17).

vel : in the emphasizing use, to strengthen

maxime ; § 291 , c (93, b); B. 240, 3; G. 303; H. (444, 3); H.-B. 241, 3, a.

singulare , special (lit. unique).

sapientiam , acc. of exclamation.

rerum natura , the universe, represented by air (

caelum ), fire (

solem ), water, and earth, the elements "from which all things are said to be produced" (

omnia nata esse , l.26).

ademerint , subord. clause in ind. disc.

dicuntur : for mood, see § 593 , a (342, a); cf. B. 314, 4; G. 629, R., b; H. 652, I (529, ii, N.1); cf. H.-B. 535, 1, d.

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