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"aiunt, eum non Latine satis scribere: quam, hoc insubidum! quam insulsum!"
INCONSTANTIA: 'instability', 'inconsistency'. Constantia, unwavering firmness and consistency, is the characteristic of the wise man; cf. Acad. 2, 23 sapientia ... quae ex sese habeat constantiam; also Lael. 8 and 64. AIUNT: sc. stulti. PUTASSENT: the subjunctive is due to the indirect discourse. Where we say 'I should not have thought, the Latins say, in direct narration, 'non putaram, i.e.
Cicero nearly always uses two different verbs; i.e. he says aiunt dicere and the like. AT: there is an ellipsis here such as 'those young men's muscles are powerful but .... This elliptic use of at is common in sudden exclamations of grief, annoyance, surprise etc. VERO: this is common in emphatic replies, whether the reply convey assent, or, as here, a retort.
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