Note 1 — VIII. Speech and Writing
H. W. (Henry William) Auden translation
Note to answer (a thing) respondere ad aliquid or alicui rei; to answer (a person) always alicui. So dicere alicui to speak to a person, but scribere ad aliquem.
H. W. (Henry William) Auden translation
Note to answer (a thing) respondere ad aliquid or alicui rei; to answer (a person) always alicui. So dicere alicui to speak to a person, but scribere ad aliquem.