That Pomponius Atticus, to whom Cicero writes so often, being sick, caused Agrippa, his son-in-law, and two or three more of his friends, to be called to him, and told them, that having found all means practised upon him for his recovery to be in vain, and that all he did to prolong his life also prolonged and augmented his pain, he was resolved to put an end both to the one and the other, desiring them to approve of his determination, or at least not to lose their labour in endeavouring to dissuade him.
Zizeronek idazten dion Ponponio Atiko hark, eria izanez, bere suhi Agripa deiarazi zuen, eta bere adiskideetarik bizpahiru, eta esan zien behin frogatuz geroz ez zuela ezer irabazten sendatu nahiarekin, eta bere biziaren luzatzeko egiten zuen orok mina ere luzatzen eta berretzen ziola, bata eta besteari mugaren ezartzeko deliberatua zela, eskatzen zielarik bere erabakia ontzat har zezaten eta, makurrenera, ez zezaten beren nekea gal desbideratzeko xedetan.