'Were I a private citizen, and were I to adopt you in the presence of the Priests by the usual formality of a curial statute, it would be an honour for me to introduce into my family a descendant of Cnaeus Pompeius and of Marcus Crassus, and for you it would be a distinction to add to your noble ancestry the glories of the Sulpician and Lutatian houses.
"Partikular gisan, lege kuriatuaren arabera, pontifizeen aurrean, ohikoa denez, adoptatuko bazintut, ohoragarri litzaidake neure penateak Gneo Ponpeio eta Marko Krasoren jatorriarekin bat egitea, eta zuri goragarri, zeure nobleziari Sulpizia eta Lutaziaren distira gehitzea.