M. Tullius Cicero, Pro Q. Ligario, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 38

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[38] homines enim ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando¹. nihil habet nec fortuna tua maius quam ut possis, nec natura melius quam ut velis servare quam plurimos. longiorem orationem causa forsitan postulet², tua certe natura breviorem. qua re cum utilius esse arbitrer te ipsum quam aut me³ aut quemquam loqui tecum, finem iam faciam: tantum te admonebo, si illi absenti salutem dederis, praesentibus te his daturum⁴.

Pro Q. Ligario. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1918.

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

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Pro Q. Ligario

1. salute hom. danda h σ, ut voluit Müller

2. postulet H: postulat cett.

3. quam me β

4. te his daturum α: his te dat. γ: his omnibus dat. β

Commentary

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

ut possis : a subst. clause of result (see note on p.237,l. 16), because an effect is implied in habet. 238.16

postulet : § 447 , a (311, a, N3); G. 459, R.; H. 552 (485); Cf. H-B. 517, I. 238.18

tantum , so much only (as often).

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