[90] (1) Missa haec faciō. Veniō nunc ad ipsum stirpem accūsātiōnis, ad ipsam causam maleficiī. Respondeat Aemiliānus et Rūfīnus, ob quod ēmolumentum, etsī maximē magus forem, Pudentillam carminibus et venēnis ad mātrimōnium pellexissem. 

(2) Atque ego sciō plērōsque reōs alicuius facinoris postulātōs, sī fuisse quaepiam causae probārentur, hōc ūnō sē tamen abundē dēfendisse, vītam suam procul ab huiusmodī sceleribus abhorrēre nec id sibi obesse dēbēre, quod videantur quaedam fuisse ad maleficiundum invītāmenta; (3) nōn enim omnia quae fierī potuerint prō factīs habenda, rērum vicēs variās ēvenīre; certum indicem cuiusque  animum esse; quī semper eōdem ingeniō ad virtūtem vel malitiam mōrātus firmum argūmentum est accipiendī crīminis aut respuendī.

(4) Haec ego quamquam possim meritō dīcere, tamen vōbīs condōnō, nec satis mihi dūcō, sī mē omnium quae īnsimulāstis abundē pūrgāvī, <ni>sī nusquam passus sum vel exiguam suspīciōnem magīae cōnsistere. (5) Reputāte vōbīscum, quantā fīdūciā innocentiae meae quantōque dēspectū vestrī agam: sī ūna causa vel minima fuerit inventa, cūr ego dēbuerim Pudentillae nuptiās ob aliquod meum commodum appetere, sī quamlibet modicum ēmolumentum probāveritis, (6) ego ille sim Carmendās vel Damigeron vel † hīs † Mōsēs vel Iōhannēs vel Apollobex vel ipse Dardanus vel quīcumque alius post Zōroastren et Hostanēn inter magōs celebrātus est.

    stirps stirps f.: root

    accūsātiō accūsātiōnis f.: accusation, formal legal complaint

    maleficium –ī n.: crime

    Aemiliānus –ī m.: Sicinius Aemilianus, principal accuser, uncle of Sicinius Pontianus and Sicinius Pudens.

    Rūfīnus –ī m.: Rufinus (name) Herennius Rufinus: allegedly son of a bankrupt father, father of (Herennia).

    ēmolumentum –ī n.: financial advantage

    magus magī m.: mage, magician

    Pudentilla –ae f.: Pudentilla (name)

    venēnum venēnī n.: poison

    mātrimōnium –ī(ī) n.: marriage

    pelliciō pellicere pellexī pellectum: lure

    postulō postulāre postulāvī postulātus: to accuse, summon or arraign before a court

    (2)

    quispiam quaepiam quidpiam: anybody, anything

    abundē: sufficiently, enough, abundantly

    hūiusmodī: of this sort

    abhorreō abhorrēre abhoruī: to be at variance with, be inconsistent with (lit. to shrink from)

    obsum obesse obfuī: to harm

    malefaciō malefacere malefēcī malefactum: to do wrong

    invītāmentum –ī n.: incentive, inducement

    vicis vicis f.: circumstances, change of fortune, twist, vicissitudes

    (3)

    ēveniō ēvenīre ēvēnī ēventus: to come out, happen

    index indicis m.: evidence, proof

    malitia –ae f.: wickedness

    mōrātus –a –um: having a specific kind of character, inclined by temperament

    fīrmus –a –um: firm, strong

    argūmentum –ī n.: proof, evidence, argument

    respuō respuere respuī —: to reject

    meritō: deservedly, justifiably

    (4)

    condōnō condōnāre: to concede, waive, allow

    īnsimulō īnsimulāre: to accuse (falsely), allege

    pūrgō pūrgāre pūrgāvī pūrgātus: to clear, exculpate

    nusquam: nowhere

    exiguus –a –um: small, little

    suspiciō suspiciōnis f.: suspicion

    magīa –ae f.: magic, sorcery

    reputō reputāre reputāvī reputātus: to think, consider

    (5)

    fīdūcia fīdūciae f.: confidence, reliance

    innocentia –ae f.: blamelessness

    dēspectus -ūs m.: contempt

    Pudentilla –ae f.: Pudentilla (name)

    nuptiae –ārum f. pl.: marriage

    commodum -ī n.: advantage, benefit

    appetō appetere appetīvī appetītus: to seek, strive eagerly for

    quamlibet: however — (+ ad.), as — as you like, in whatever degree

    modicus modica modicum: moderate, modest, temperate

    ēmolumentum –ī n.: financial advantage

    Carmendās –ae m.: Carmendas (name)

    (6)

    Damigerōn –ontis m.: Damigeron (name)

    Mōses (Mōȳses) –is (–ī) m.: Moses

    Iōhannēs –is m.: John (name)

    Apollobex –icis m.: Apollobex (name)

    Dardanus -ī n.: Dardanus (name)

    Zōroastrēs –ae/–is m.: Zoroaster (name)

    Ostānēs –ae m.: Ostanes (name)

    magus magī m.: mage, magician

    celebrō (1): to celebrate

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