Liv. 3.12.1Iam aderat iūdiciō diēs appārēbatque vulgō hominēs in damnātiōne Caesōnis lībertātem agī crēdere.Now the day of the trial was at hand, and it was clear that people generally believed that their liberty was at stake in Caeso's condemnation. Liv. 3.12.1Tum dēmum coāctus cum multā indignitāte prēnsābat singulōs.Then at last, under compulsion and with much indignity, he went canvassing individuals. Liv. 3.12.1Sequēbantur necessāriī, prīncipēs cīvitātis.His relatives followed, the leading men of the state. Liv. 3.12.1T. Quīnctius Capitōlīnus, quī ter cōnsul fuerat, cum multa referret sua familiaeque decora, adfirmābat neque in Quīnctiā gente neque in cīvitāte Rōmānā tantam indolem tam mātūrae virtūtis umquam extitisse;Titus Quinctius Capitolinus, who had been consul three times, recounting many distinctions of his own and his family, declared that neither in the Quinctian clan nor in the Roman state had there ever appeared so great a natural talent of so early-ripening a valour; Liv. 3.12.3suum prīmum mīlitem fuisse, sē saepe vidente pugnāsse in hostem;he had been his first soldier, and had often fought against the enemy under his eyes; Liv. 3.12.4Sp. Fūrius: missum ab Quīnctiō Capitōlīnō sibi eum in dubiīs suīs rēbus vēnisse subsidiō;Spurius Furius said that, sent by Quinctius Capitolinus, he had come to his help when his own fortunes were in doubt; Liv. 3.12.4nēminem ūnum esse, cuius magis operā putet rem restitūtam.there was no single man by whose efforts he thought the situation had been more restored.
Liv. 3.12.5L. Lucrētius, cōnsul annī priōris, recentī glōriā nitēns, suās laudēs participāre cum Caesōne, memorāre pugnās, referre ēgregia facinora nunc in expedītiōnibus, nunc in aciē, suādēre et monēre, iuvenem ēgregium, īnstrūctum nātūrae fortūnaeque omnibus bonīs, maximum mōmentum rērum eius cīvitātis, in quamcumque vēnisset, suum quam aliēnum māllent cīvem esse.Lucius Lucretius, consul of the previous year, shining with fresh glory, shared his own praises with Caeso, recalled battles, recounted outstanding deeds now on expeditions, now in the battle line, and urged and advised them to prefer that an outstanding young man, furnished with all the gifts of nature and fortune, who would be the greatest weight in the affairs of whatever state he came to, should be their own citizen rather than another's. Liv. 3.12.7Quod offendat in eō, fervōrem et audāciam, aetātem cottīdiē magis auferre;What gave offence in him, hot temper and boldness, age was taking away more every day; Liv. 3.12.7quod dēsīderētur, cōnsilium, id in diēs crēscere.what was found wanting, prudence, was growing day by day. Liv. 3.12.7Senēscentibus vitiīs, mātūrēscente virtūte sinerent tantum virum senem in cīvitāte fierī.As his faults grew old and his virtue ripened, they should allow so great a man to grow old in the state.
Liv. 3.12.8Pater inter hōs L. Quīnctius, cui Cincinnātō cognōmen erat, nōn iterandō laudēs, nē cumulāret invidiam, sed veniam errōrī atque adulēscentiae petendō, sibi, quī nōn dictō, nōn factō quemquam offendisset, ut condōnārent fīlium ōrābat.Among these his father, Lucius Quinctius, whose surname was Cincinnatus, not by repeating his praises, lest he heap up resentment, but by asking pardon for his error and his youth, begged them to forgive his son for his sake, since he had offended no one by word or deed. Liv. 3.12.9Sed aliī āversābantur precēs aut verēcundiā aut metū;But some turned away from these entreaties out of either diffidence or fear; Liv. 3.12.9aliī sē suōsque mulcātōs querentēs atrōcī respōnsō iūdicium suum praeferēbant.others, complaining that they and their friends had been beaten, made their verdict plain by a fierce reply.