sine morā, ubi prīmum lēgātōs in forō cōnspēxit, percontātus[1] pauca dē statū[2] cīvitātis[3] et quasi[4] dolēns[5] eius cāsum, requīrere[6] coepit, quem exitum[7] tantīs malīs[8] spērārent. Postquam illōs videt querī dē avāritiā magistrātuum[9], accūsāre[10] senātum quod[11] in eō[12] auxilī nihil esset, miseriīs[13] suīs remedium[14] mortem exspectāre, “at ego,” inquit, “vōbīs, sī modo virī esse vultis, ratiōnem ostendam, quā tanta ista mala effugiātis[15].”
Haec ubi dīxit, Allobrogēs in maximam spem adductī, Umbrēnum ōrāre[16] ut suī[17] miserētur[18]: nihil[19] tam asperum neque tam difficile esse, quod nōn cupidissimē factūrī essent[20], dum[21] ea rēs[22] cīvitātem aere aliēnō[23] līberāret. Ille[24] eōs in domum[25] D. Brūtī[26] perdūcit, quod forō propinqua erat
- ↑ percontātus: ask.
- ↑ statū: status, -ūs: m, with gen., situation (in).
- ↑ cīvitātis: sc. eōrum.
- ↑ quasi: cf. p. 166, l. 6.
- ↑ dolēns: doleō, 2, -uī: be concerned about.
- ↑ requīrere: cf. p. 172, l. 2, inquire.
- ↑ exitum: solution.
- ↑ tantīs malīs: dat. case.
- ↑ magistrātuum: magistrātus, -ūs: m, official.
- ↑ accūsāre: accūsō, 1: rail at.
- ↑ quod: cf. the note on p. 62, l. 13.
- ↑ in eō: i.e. senātū.
- ↑ miseriīs: miseriae, -ārum: f, troubles.
- ↑ remedium: remedium, -ī: n, (as) a solution.
- ↑ effugiātis:.
- ↑ ōrāre: for ōrāvērunt.
- ↑ suī: gen. pl..
- ↑ miserētur: misereor, 2: have pity (on).
- ↑ nihil:.
- ↑ quod nōn . . . factūrī essent: that they would not undertake it, a relative clause of result.
- ↑ dum: provided only.
- ↑ ea rēs: ill..
- ↑ aere aliēnō: translate the abl. “from” or “of”.
- ↑ Ille: i.e. Umbrēnus.
- ↑ in domum: cf. the note on p. 16, l. 11.
- ↑ D.: i.e. Decimī.
