# In C. Verrem 2.5.118

Cicero, In C. Verrem, Actio 2, Book 5. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/cicero/in-c-verrem/2.5.118

patres hi quos videtis iacebant in limine, matresque miserae pernoctabant ad ostium carceris ab extremo conspectu liberum exclusae; quae nihil aliud orabant nisi ut filiorum suorum postremum spiritum ore excipere liceret. aderat ianitor carceris, carnifex praetoris, mors terrorque sociorum et civium Romanorum, lictor Sextius, cui ex omni gemitu doloreque certa merces comparabatur. Vt adeas, tantum dabis, ut cibum tibi intro ferre liceat, tantum. nemo recusabat. quid? ut uno ictu securis adferam mortem filio tuo, quid dabis? ne diu crucietur, ne saepius feriatur, ne cum sensu doloris aliquo spiritus auferatur? etiam ob hanc causam pecunia lictori dabatur.

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Cicero, In C. Verrem, ed. William Peterson. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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