Commentary Cons. Phil. Book 3 Prosa 3
Wealth cannot bring sufficientia.
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1: Cf. 1P6.10-12.
tenui licet imagine: "though by a faint image."
licet minime: licet minime . . . cogitatione: take whole phrase together, paralleling tenui licet imagine.
cogitatione: licet minime . . . cogitatione: take whole phrase together, paralleling tenui licet imagine.
eoque: "and for that reason."
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tale quid: tale quid . . . cui: "some such thing."
cui: tale quid . . . cui: "some such thing."
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libero: libero . . . animo: ablative of description.
animo: libero . . . animo: ablative of description.
quin: = qui non, introducing a relative clause of result; "so that [I was] not."
aliquid: accusative of respect governed by angerer, < ango, "trouble, distress."
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uelles: uelles . . . noluisses: At the time of which P. speaks, B. desired the presence of what was in fact missing; at the same time some things were present which B. had not wanted (at a prior time). Hence the sequence of tenses.
noluisses: uelles . . . noluisses: At the time of which P. speaks, B. desired the presence of what was in fact missing; at the same time some things were present which B. had not wanted (at a prior time). Hence the sequence of tenses.
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usquequaque: "everywhere, in every way."
Minime: "not at all," agrees with P.'s statement.
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Quidni?: "How not?"
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suapte natura: "by its very nature"; ablative of manner; the suffix -pte intensifies.
ut: ut . . . auferri (< aufero, "take away"): a loosely connected result clause.
auferri: ut . . . auferri (< aufero, "take away"): a loosely connected result clause.
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forenses: literally, "of the forum," here, "legal, of the courtroom."
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extrinsecus: adverb modifying petito.
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In contrarium: In contrarium . . . res est: "the argument has fallen back on the other side," i.e., turned out differently from expectation.
res est: In contrarium . . . res est: "the argument has fallen back on the other side," i.e., turned out differently from expectation.
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Num: Num . . . num . . . num: introduce ironic rhetorical questions.
num: Num . . . num . . . num: introduce ironic rhetorical questions.
num: Num . . . num . . . num: introduce ironic rhetorical questions.
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opulentis: < opulentus, "rich"; possessive dative.
quo: antecedent is understood subject of adest.
haec: sc. indigentia.
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Taceo: "I am silent, I omit"; see on 2P3.5.
quod: quod . . . est: indirect statement (quod: = "that").
quod: quod . . . est: indirect statement (quod: = "that").
est: quod . . . est: indirect statement (quod: = "that").
ipsae suam faciunt: sc. ipsae [opes] [indigentiam] suam faciunt.
quid est quod: "why is it that?"