Chapter 58

Question 1

si enim tam familiaris erat mulieris quam vos vultis,

Answer 1

For if he was such an intimate friend of the woman as you desire,

Question 2

istos quoque servos familiares esse dominae sciebat.

Answer 2

he knew that those (wicked) slaves, also, were intimate friends of the mistress.

Question 3

sin ei tanta consuetudo quanta a vobis inducitur non erat,

Answer 3

But if [Caelius] did not have so great an intimacy with her as is being alleged by you,

Question 4

quae cum servis eius potuit familiaritas esse tanta?

Answer 4

what such great intimacy with her slaves could he have had?

Question 5

ipsius autem veneni quae ratio fingitur?

Answer 5

But regarding the poison itself, what account is being invented?

Question 6

ubi quaesitum est, quem ad modum paratum, quo pacto, cui, quo in loco traditum?

Answer 6

Where was it sourced, how was it prepared, in what way, to whom and in what place was it handed over?

Question 7

habuisse aiunt domi vimque eius esse expertum in servo quodam ad eam rem ipsam parato;

Answer 7

They allege that he (Caelius) kept it at home and that (he) had tested its strength on a certain slave procured for that very purpose;

Question 8

cuius perceleri interitu esse ab hoc comprobatum venenum.

Answer 8

and as a result of the sudden death of the [slave], the poison was successfully tested by him.