[sect. 3]
bonos viros: the Optimates. See bonorum virorum, Ep. XVI.2n.
perofficiose et peramanter: cf. Intr. 77.
salutatio : a good illustration of the colloquial use of a noun in -tio. Cf. Intr. 75. In this day's programme no mention is made of law practice or public business, although in earlier days Cicero has told us that he was compelled by press of business to forego even the siesta which all Romans were supposed to take at midday. The ordinary life of a prominent Roman included the ientaculum, the salutatio, the day's business, the prandium, at midday, the siesta, the daily exercise, the bath about 3 P.M. (to the last two Cicero refers in inde corpori, etc.), and the cena.
si me amas: cf. Ep. XLII.3n. and Intr. 100.
comedim: this archaic form leads Bckel to regard bona tua comedim as a quotation from some old poet. Perhaps, however, the form survived in popular speech, and was used here to heighten the humorous effect.