Note 270 — XLVIII (A II, 22)
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
Βοῶπις, i.e., Clodia. See Letters XXXV, XL. Crasso urgente is difficult. Cicero must mean that while Crassus (whom he always regards as hostile to himself) is influencing Pompey, he cannot trust what Pompey says, and must look for real information elsewhere.