Rosc. Am. 21.1Quid mihi ad dēfendendum dedistī, bone accūsātor?What have you given me to defend, my good accuser? Rosc. Am. 21.1quid hīsce autem ad suspicandum?and what have you given these men to suspect? Rosc. Am. 21.1"Nē exhērēdārētur veritus est."'He was afraid of being disinherited.' Rosc. Am. 21.1Audiō, sed quā dē causā verērī dēbuerit nēmō dīcit.I hear that, but no one says for what reason he should have been afraid. Rosc. Am. 21.1"Habēbat pater in animō."'His father had it in mind.' Rosc. Am. 21.1Plānum fac.Make it plain. Rosc. Am. 21.1Nihil est;There is nothing; Rosc. Am. 21.1nōn quīcum dēlīberāverit, quem certiōrem fēcerit, unde istud vōbīs suspicārī in mentem vēnerit.not with whom he discussed it, whom he informed, what put it into your heads to suspect this. Rosc. Am. 21.1Cum hōc modō accūsās, Erucī, nōnne hoc palam dīcis: "Ego quid accēperim sciō, quid dīcam nesciō;When you accuse in this way, Erucius, are you not saying openly: 'I know what I have received, I do not know what to say; Rosc. Am. 21.1ūnum illud spectāvī quod Chrȳsogonus aiēbat nēminem istī patrōnum futūrum;I looked only to this one thing, that Chrysogonus said no one would act as counsel for that man; Rosc. Am. 21.1dē bonōrum ēmptiōne dēque eā societāte nēminem esse quī verbum facere audēret hōc tempore"?that about the purchase of the property and about that partnership there was no one who would dare to say a word at this time'?
Rosc. Am. 21.1Haec tē opīniō falsa in istam fraudem impulit;This false belief drove you into that blunder; Rosc. Am. 21.1nōn mē herculēs verbum fēcissēs, sī tibi quemquam respōnsūrum putāssēs.by Hercules, you would not have said a word if you had thought that anyone would answer you. Rosc. Am. 21.59Operae pretium erat, sī animadvertistis, iūdicēs, neglegentiam eius in accūsandō cōnsīderāre.It was worth your while, judges, if you noticed, to observe his carelessness in prosecuting. Rosc. Am. 21.59Crēdō, cum vīdisset quī hominēs in hīsce subselliīs sedērent, quaesīsse num ille aut ille dēfēnsūrus esset;I believe that when he had seen what men were sitting on these benches, he asked whether this man or that was going to defend; Rosc. Am. 21.59dē mē nē suspicātum quidem esse, quod anteā causam pūblicam nūllam dīxerim.that about me he did not even have a suspicion, because I had never before pleaded a public case. Rosc. Am. 21.59Posteā quam invēnit nēminem eōrum quī possunt et solent ita neglegēns esse coepit ut, cum in mentem venīret eī, residēret, deinde spatiārētur, nōn numquam etiam puerum vocāret, crēdō, cui cēnam imperāret, prōrsus ut vestrō cōnsessū et hōc conventū prō summā sōlitūdine abūterētur.After he found that there was no one among those who are able and accustomed to do so, he began to be so careless that, whenever it came into his head, he would sit down, then stroll about, sometimes even call his slave, to order his dinner, I suppose; in short, he treated your bench and this gathering as if it were utter solitude.
Rosc. Am. 21.59Perōrāvit aliquandō, adsēdit;At last he finished his speech and sat down; Rosc. Am. 21.59surrēxī ego.I stood up.