M. Tullius Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 48

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[48] itaque non sum¹ praedicaturus quantas ille res domi militiae², terra marique quantaque felicitate gesserit, ut eius semper voluntatibus non modo cives adsenserint, socii obtemperarint, hostes oboedierint, sed etiam venti tempestatesque obsecundarint; hoc brevissime dicam, neminem umquam tam impudentem fuisse qui ab dis immortalibus tot et tantas res tacitus auderet optare quot³ et quantas di immortales ad Cn. Gnaeum Pompeium detulerunt⁴. quod ut illi proprium ac perpetuum sit, Quirites, cum communis salutis atque imperi tum ipsius hominis causa, sicuti facitis, et velle⁵ et optare debetis.

De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1908.

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De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 1. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.)

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In Defense of the Proposed Manilian Law Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 48 focus

[48] Accordingly, I do not intend to mention, O Romans, what great exploits he has achieved both at home and in war, by land and by sea, and with what invariable felicity he has achieved them; how, not only the citizens have always consented to his wishes,—the allies complied with them,—the enemy obeyed them, but how even the winds and weather have seconded them. I will only say this, most briefly,—that no one has ever been so impudent as to dare in silence to wish for so many and such great favours as the immortal gods have showered upon Cnaeus Pompeius. And that this favour may continue his, and be perpetual, you, O Romans, ought to wish and pray (as, indeed, you do), both for the sake of the common safety and prosperity, and for the sake of the man himself

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De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites

1. non sum non solum T: om. E

2. militiae HE: militiaeque cett.

3. quot quotque ET

4. contulerunt δπ

5. et velle H: velle cett.

Commentary

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

non sum praedicaturus : this affectation of passing a subject over in silence is called praeteritio.

ut , how (introducing an indir. quest.).

qui . . . auderet : rel. clause of result.

quot et quantas , correl. with tot et tantas above. Translate by the single word as; § 308 , h (106, b).

proprium ac perpetuum , secured to him forever.

cum , introducing the general consideration ( communis );

tum (next line), the particular consideration ( ipsius).

M. Tullius Cicero De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 48

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