Question 1

abūtor abūtī abūsum
Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?

Accepted Answer

3. to abuse with abl
When, O Catiline, do you mean to cease abusing our patience?

Question 2

ēlūdō ēlūdere ēlūsī ēlūsum
quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet?

Accepted Answer

3. to mock, make fun of
How long is that madness of yours still to mock us?

Question 3

effrēnētus -a -um
quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia?

Accepted Answer

(adj.)  unbridled
When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?

Question 4

sē iactāre
quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia?

Accepted Answer

to swagger about
When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?

Question 5

ōra vultūsque
nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt?

Accepted Answer

the expression on the faces
do not the looks and countenances of this venerable body here present, have any effect upon you?

Question 6

cōnstrictus -a -um
constrictam iam horum omnium scientia teneri coniurationem tuam non vides?

Accepted Answer

(adj) check, repressed
Do you not see that your conspiracy is already arrested and rendered powerless by the knowledge which every one here possesses of it?

Question 7

consilium capere
quid consilii ceperis, quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris?

Accepted Answer

to make a plan
what design was there which was adopted by you, with which you think that any one of us is unacquainted?

Question 8

immō
immo vero etiam in senatum venit

Accepted Answer

(adv) more than that, nay rather, aye
aye, he comes even into the senate

Question 9

particeps participis
fit publici consilii particeps

Accepted Answer

taking part in
He takes a part in the public deliberations

Question 10

ūnusquisque ūnaquisque ūnumquidque
notat et designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum.

Accepted Answer

each, every
he is watching and marking down and checking off for slaughter every individual among us.

Question 11

notō notāre
notat et designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum.

Accepted Answer

1. to mark down
he is watching and marking down and checking off for slaughter every individual among us.

Question 12

designō designāre
notat et designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum.

Accepted Answer

1. to point out designate
he is watching and marking down and checking off for slaughter every individual among us.

Question 13

māchinor māchinārī
in te conferri pestem, quam tu in nos [omnes iam diu] machinaris

Accepted Answer

(dep.) to scheme, plot
That destruction which you have been long plotting against us ought to have already fallen on your own head

Question 14

amplissumus -a -um
vir amplissumus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus

Accepted Answer

(adj) most splendid, most magnificent
that most illustrious man, Publius Scipio, the Pontifex Maximus

Question 15

labefactō labefactāre
An vero vir amplissumus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus, Ti. Gracchum mediocriter labefactantem statum rei publicae privatus interfecit

Accepted Answer

1. to undermine
What? Did not that most illustrious man, Publius Scipio, the Pontifex Maximus, in his capacity of a private citizen, put to death Tiberius Gracchus, tho but slightly undermining the constitution?

Question 16

perfereō perferre pertulī perlātum
Catilinam orbem terrae caede atque incendiis vastare cupientem nos consules perferemus?

Accepted Answer

to tolerate, endure
And shall we, who are the consuls, tolerate Catiline, openly desirous to destroy the whole world with fire and slaughter?

Question 17

praetereo praeterīre praeteri(v)ī praeteritum
Nam illa nimis antiqua praetereo, quod C. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu sua occidit.

Accepted Answer

to pass over, pass by, omit
For I pass over older instances, such as how Caius Servilius Ahala with his own hand slew Spurius Mælius when plotting a revolution in the state.

Question 18

quodnam
Fuit, fuit ista quodnam in hac re publica virtus

Accepted Answer

(adv) once upon time
there was once such virtue in this republic

Question 19

acerbissimus hostis
ut viri fortes acrioribus suppliciis civem perniciosum quam acerbissimum hostem coercerent

Accepted Answer

the most bitter enemy
that brave men would repress mischievous citizens with severer chastisement than the most bitter enemy

Question 20

coerceō coercēre
ut viri fortes acrioribus suppliciis civem perniciosum quam acerbissimum hostem coercerent

Accepted Answer

2. to restrain, repress
that brave men would repress mischievous citizens with severer chastisement than the most bitter enemy

Question 21

dētrīmentum capere
Decrevit quodnam senatus ut Lucius Opimium, consul videret ne quid res publica dētrīmentī caperet

Accepted Answer

to suffer injury or loss (declaration of state of emergency)
The senate once passed a decree that Lucius Opimius, the consul, should take care that the republic suffered no injury.

Question 22

pestis -is
in te conferri pestem, quam tu in nos [omnes iam diu] machinaris.

Accepted Answer

(f.) 3. destruction; curse; plague
That destruction which you have been long plotting against us ought to have already fallen on your own head

Speech 1.1-41

Cicero vs. Catiline

Question	Answer
abūtor abūtī abūsum Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?	3. to abuse with abl When, O Catiline, do you mean to cease abusing our patience?
ēlūdō ēlūdere ēlūsī ēlūsum quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet?	3. to mock, make fun of How long is that madness of yours still to mock us?
effrēnētus -a -um quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia?	(adj.) unbridled When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?
sē iactāre quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia?	to swagger about When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?
ōra vultūsque nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt?	the expression on the faces do not the looks and countenances of this venerable body here present, have any effect upon you?
cōnstrictus -a -um constrictam iam horum omnium scientia teneri coniurationem tuam non vides?	(adj) check, repressed Do you not see that your conspiracy is already arrested and rendered powerless by the knowledge which every one here possesses of it?
consilium capere quid consilii ceperis, quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris?	to make a plan what design was there which was adopted by you, with which you think that any one of us is unacquainted?
immō immo vero etiam in senatum venit	(adv) more than that, nay rather, aye aye, he comes even into the senate
particeps participis fit publici consilii particeps	taking part in He takes a part in the public deliberations
ūnusquisque ūnaquisque ūnumquidque notat et designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum.	each, every he is watching and marking down and checking off for slaughter every individual among us.
notō notāre notat et designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum.	1. to mark down he is watching and marking down and checking off for slaughter every individual among us.
designō designāre notat et designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum.	1. to point out designate he is watching and marking down and checking off for slaughter every individual among us.
māchinor māchinārī in te conferri pestem, quam tu in nos [omnes iam diu] machinaris	(dep.) to scheme, plot That destruction which you have been long plotting against us ought to have already fallen on your own head
amplissumus -a -um vir amplissumus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus	(adj) most splendid, most magnificent that most illustrious man, Publius Scipio, the Pontifex Maximus
labefactō labefactāre An vero vir amplissumus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus, Ti. Gracchum mediocriter labefactantem statum rei publicae privatus interfecit	1. to undermine What? Did not that most illustrious man, Publius Scipio, the Pontifex Maximus, in his capacity of a private citizen, put to death Tiberius Gracchus, tho but slightly undermining the constitution?
perfereō perferre pertulī perlātum Catilinam orbem terrae caede atque incendiis vastare cupientem nos consules perferemus?	to tolerate, endure And shall we, who are the consuls, tolerate Catiline, openly desirous to destroy the whole world with fire and slaughter?
praetereo praeterīre praeteri(v)ī praeteritum Nam illa nimis antiqua praetereo, quod C. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu sua occidit.	to pass over, pass by, omit For I pass over older instances, such as how Caius Servilius Ahala with his own hand slew Spurius Mælius when plotting a revolution in the state.
quodnam Fuit, fuit ista quodnam in hac re publica virtus	(adv) once upon time there was once such virtue in this republic
acerbissimus hostis ut viri fortes acrioribus suppliciis civem perniciosum quam acerbissimum hostem coercerent	the most bitter enemy that brave men would repress mischievous citizens with severer chastisement than the most bitter enemy
coerceō coercēre ut viri fortes acrioribus suppliciis civem perniciosum quam acerbissimum hostem coercerent	2. to restrain, repress that brave men would repress mischievous citizens with severer chastisement than the most bitter enemy
dētrīmentum capere Decrevit quodnam senatus ut Lucius Opimium, consul videret ne quid res publica dētrīmentī caperet	to suffer injury or loss (declaration of state of emergency) The senate once passed a decree that Lucius Opimius, the consul, should take care that the republic suffered no injury.
pestis -is in te conferri pestem, quam tu in nos [omnes iam diu] machinaris.	(f.) 3. destruction; curse; plague That destruction which you have been long plotting against us ought to have already fallen on your own head

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