45 - Pro Caelio

audistis cum pro se diceret, audistis antea, cum accusaret – defendendi haec causa, non gloriandi eloquor – genus orationis, facultatem, copiam sententiarum atque verborum, quae vestra prudentia est, perspexistis.

• haec probably isn't the object of deferendi because then the regular way to phrase it would be deferendi huius causa

You all heard when he spoke for himself, you heard previously, when he accused — I say these for the sake of defending, not for the sake of boasting — the sort of oration, skill, the abundance of opinions and words, which is your prudence, you observed.

atque in eo non solum ingenium elucere eius videbatis, quod saepe, etiam si industria non alitur, valet tamen ipsum suis viribus, sed inerat, nisi me propter benevolentiam forte fallebat, ratio et bonis artibus instituta et cura et vigiliis elaborata.

• viribus from vis not vir

And in him, you saw that not only does his nature show itself, (which often, even if it is not nourished by diligence, nevertheless prevails itself with Caelius' strengths) but there was in him (unless by chance I was mistaken on account of benevolence) reason established with liberal studies and care and studied with wakefulness.

atqui scitote, iudices, eas cupiditates, quae obiciuntur Caelio atque haec studia de quibus disputo non facile in eodem homine esse posse.

• scitote future imperative of scio, scire
• studia mistyped in Mr Brophy's text as studio
• eodem (inflection of idem) every dictionary defines it as "the same", what in shells does that mean

And yet you will know, jurors, that the desires, which have been presented to Caelio and these studies, which I discuss about, are not easily able to exist in the same person.

fieri enim non potest ut animus libidini deditus, amore, desiderio, cupiditate, saepe nimia copia, inopia etiam non numquam impeditus hoc quicquid est quod nos facimus in dicendo, quoquo modo facimus, non modo agendo verum etiam cogitando possit sustinere.

For is not possible to be made so that a mind surrendered to passion (and not never hindered by love, longing, desire, often excessive abundance, and poverty) can sustain this, whatever it is, which we do in speaking and we do in whichever manner, not only physically but in truth also mentally.

structure

• enim non potest
  • fieri ut
    • animus
      • libidini deditus,
      • amore, desiderio, cupiditate, saepe nimia copia, inopia etiam non numquam impeditus
    • possit
      • sustinere
        • hoc ←→ quicquid est (apposition)
          • quod nos facimus in dicendo, quoquo modo facimus, non modo agendo verum etiam cogitando

Cicero: jurors hear me out okay as an orator I can confirm that oratory takes up so much mental effort that we don't have mental capacity remaining for romantic and sexual attraction