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Octavius 14.2

Minucius Felix · Octavius · ca. 197–250 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Marcus tells Caecilius not to celebrate before Octavius has replied.

Latin text · CSEL 2:18

Parce, inquam, in eum plaudere: neque enim prius exultare te dignum est concinnitate sermonis, quam utrimque plenius fuerit peroratum, maxime cum non laudi, set ueritati disceptatio uestra nitatur.

English · Claude translation

"Stop applauding yourself against him," I said; "for it is not fitting for you to exult in the elegance of your speech before both sides have been more fully argued, especially since your debate strives not for praise but for truth.

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Source
CSEL 2:18 · Karl Halm, ed., M. Minucii Felicis Octavius; Iulii Firmici Materni Liber de errore profanarum religionum, CSEL 2 (Vienna: Gerold, 1867), 1–56 · Latin text: K. Halm (CSEL 2, 1867), digitized by Open Greek and Latin, University of Leipzig (csel-dev), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in CSEL 2. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Latin text of CSEL 2; made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · Divided there by chapter only.

Notes

Translation notes

  • The digital text has no section 14.3.

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 14.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/14/2/).

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 14.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/14/2/).

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