M. Tullius Cicero, Pro T. Annio Milone, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 79

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[79] quin sic attendite, iudices¹. fingite animis—liberae sunt enim² nostrae cogitationes et quae volunt sic intuentur ut ea cernimus quae videmus³—fingite igitur cogitatione imaginem huius condicionis meae, si possimus⁴ efficere Milonem ut⁵ absolvatis, sed ita si P. Clodius revixerit—quid voltu⁶ extimuistis? quonam modo ille vos vivus adficeret⁷ quos mortuus⁸ inani cogitatione percussit⁹? quid? si ipse Cn. Pompeius, qui ea virtute ac fortuna est ut ea potuerit semper quae nemo praeter illum, si is, inquam, potuisset aut quaestionem de morte P. Clodi ferre aut ipsum ab inferis excitare, utrum putatis potius facturum¹⁰ fuisse? etiam si propter amicitiam vellet illum ab inferis evocare¹¹, propter rem publicam non fecisset. eius igitur mortis sedetis ultores cuius vitam si putetis per vos restitui posse nolitis¹², et de eius nece lata quaestio est qui si lege eadem reviviscere posset, ista lex lata numquam¹³ esset. huius ergo interfector si esset, in confitendo ab eisne¹⁴ poenam timeret quos liberavisset?

Pro T. Annio Milone. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1918.

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Pro T. Annio Milone (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Vol. 6. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1918.)

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Pro T. Annio Milone

1. iudĩces nempe. de interitu P. Clodi add. H: nempe haec est quaestio de interitu P. Clodi add. ET δ, ego delevi

2. sunt enim ΣBE: enim sunt HT δ

3. cernamus quae videmus ΣB: cernamus quae non videmus H ( cf. Quintil. ix. 2. 41)

4. possimus H: -sum id ( vel iã) Σ: -sim T δ: -sum E

5. Mil. ut H: ut Mil. ET δ

6. voltu H δ: -um T: -us E

7. adficeret ΣHb2: adfecerat T δ: efficeret E

8. mortuos H

9. perculsit E

10. facturum esse H

11. evoc. ΣHW: avoc. ET δ

12. nolitis H δ, Quintil. v. 14. 2, Isidorus ii. 9: nolletis ET

13. ista lex lata numq. Σ: ista lex numq. lata H: lata lex numq. cett.

14. iisne b2, ed. R: hisne ( om. ne H) HETab1

Commentary

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

quin , nay, adds strength to the imperative. "Come now, attend while I present the case in this light."

nempe haec , this, as you know . 202.23

fingite , etc.: in this lively passage Cicero makes his hearers understand how much they really approve of Milo's act by asking them how a proposition to call Clodius back to life would be received. 202.24

sic intuentur , view as plainly . 202.25

cernimus , discern (distinguish by eyesight) ;

videmus , see (the general word). 202.26

hujus condicionis meae , these terms that I offer: the supposed terms are expressed in si possim, etc. 202.27

ita si , on condition that.

quid voltu extimuistis ? why that look of terror? 202.28

vivus , alive. 202.29

percussit , has stricken you with fear. 203.2

vellet , had wished: for tense, see § 517 , a (308, a); B. 304, 2; G. 597, R.1; H. 579, I (510, N.2) ; H.-B. 581. 203.4

si putetis, nolitis , fut. condition, referring to the time of rendering the verdict.

si posset, lata esset , cont. to fact as referring to circumstances already out of their control. Notice the different nature of the two conditions as indicated by their form. 203.6

hujus , referring to the subject of the last sentence, Clodius (as the person last mentioned) ; the subject of

esset is of course Milo.

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