In Verrem, Against Verres, Orationes Volume III. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Peterson, William, 1856-1921, editor
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videtis Verrucium? videtis primas litteras[*]litteras primas V
integras? videtis extremam partem nominis[*]extr. part.
nominis del. Hartman
, codam[*]codam Vcp: quodam Ob: caudam k
illam
Verrinam[*]Verrinam Maius e V (Verrisnam): Verris p rell.
tamquam in luto demersam esse in litura? sic
habent se tabulae, iudices, ut videtis. quid exspectatis, quid quaeritis amplius?
tu ipse, Verres, quid sedes, quid moraris? nam aut exhibeas nobis
Verrucium necesse est aut te Verrucium esse fateare.
laudantur
[*]Laudentur V
oratores veteres,
Crassi illi et Antonii, quod crimina diluere dilucide, quod copiose reorum causas defendere
solerent[*]solerent cO: solebant p
rell.
: nimirum illi non ingenio solum his patronis, sed fortuna etiam
praestiterunt. nemo enim tum ita peccabat ut defensioni locum non relinqueret; nemo
ita[*]tum ita p rell.: ita tum O: ita om. b
vivebat ut nulla eius vitae pars summae turpitudinis esset
expers; nemo ita in manifesto peccato[*]peccatu Gell.
tenebatur ut, cum impudens fuisset in facto, tum impudentior videretur si negaret.
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nunc vero quid faciat Hortensius[*]Hortensius patronus
O; sed v. Gell. vii. 16? avaritiaene
crimina frugalitatis laudibus deprecetur? at hominem flagitiosissimum
libidinosissimum nequissimumque defendit. an ab hac eius[*]illius O1
infamia nequitia[*]ac nequitia Muell.: infam. nequissima k
vestros[*]nostros O
animos in aliam partem fortitudinis commemoratione traducat?
at homo inertior, ignavior, magis vir inter mulieres, impura inter viros
muliercula proferri non potest. at mores commodi. quis contumacior, quis
inhumanior, quis superbior? at haec sine cuiusquam malo. quis acerbior,
quis insidiosior, quis crudelior umquam fuit? in hoc homine atque in eius modi
causa quid facerent omnes Crassi et Antonii? tantum, opinor, Hortensi: ad
causam[*]ad causam cO1: ad hanc causam p
rell.
non accederent neque in alterius impudentia sui pudoris existimationem
amitterent. liberi enim ad causas solutique veniebant, neque
committebant[*]neque committebant p2 s.l.
ut, si impudentes
in defendendo esse noluissent[*]voluissent cOq al.
, ingrati
in deserendo existimarentur.
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