J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, Select Orations of Cicero, Allen and Greenough's Edition., section 31

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mihi, etc., i.e. I have been not only spared myself but am allowed to appear for another.

studus, zealous efforts. The thought is that Caesar is accustomed to decide such cases not with reference to any pleading or any wish to gratify his own friends but rather with reference to the character of the petitioners and their relation to the defendant.

causas, the cause.

voltus, the tears and lamentations by which it was customary to seek acquittal (see peroration of Defence of Milo).

quam taus necessarius, how closely connected with you.

quam filius, opposed to tuus.

fruuntur, concedas: the indic. refers to individual cases; the subj. characterizes Caesar himself, but the difference is slight.

justissimum, best founded.

Select Orations of. Cicero. Allen and Greenough's Edition. Revised by J. B. Greenough and G. L. Kittredge, with a special vocabulary by J. B. Greenough.

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