[100.11] ‘neck.’
[101.1] plūs . . . scrībendō: ‘he devoted more of his time to practical affairs than to literature.’
[101.2] ‘sorrow.’
[101.3] etiam ōtiōsus: ‘even though at ease,’ i.e. not burdened with official duties. ōtiōsus here, as often = prīvātus.
[101.4] ‘benefit.’
[101.5] ‘eloquence.’ Sc. Latīnae, to be derived from Latīnārum.
[101.6] ‘became.’
[101.7] ex . . . oportēre: we should say, ‘of two evils choose the less.’
[101.8] ‘extract’; lit., ‘pluck.’
[101.9] ‘wittily.’