Note 118 — CICERO'S LETTERS TO ATTICUS BOOK IX (continued 2)
Eric Otto Winstedt translation
A reference to Anthology x, i, ὁ πλόος ὡραῖος καὶ γὰρ λαλαγεῦσα χελιδὼν Ἤδη μέμβλωκεν χὠ χαριεὶς Ζέφυρος.
"Fair is the season for sailing: already the twittering swallow Flitteth around, and soft bloweth the wind from the west." Cf. Att. ix, 7.