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Cicero 1.45-85
Cicero vs. Catiline
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| clarissimus -a -um C. Gracchus, clarissimo patre, avo, maioribus | (adj) of the most unblemished reputation Caius Gracchus, a man whose family had borne the most unblemished reputation for many generations |
| sēditiō sēditiōnis interfectus est propter quasdam seditionum suspiciones | (f.) 3. treason; rebellion There was put to death, on some mere suspicion of treason |
| poena rei publicae poena | (f.) penalty, punishment; revenge, vengeance the vengeance of the republic |
| remoror remorārī num unum diem postea L. Saturninum tribunum pl. et C. Servilium praetorem mors ac rei publicae poena remorata est? | (dep.) to keep waiting, fail to overtake Did not the vengeance of the republic, did not execution overtake Lucius Saturninus, a tribune of the people, and Caius Servilius, the prætor, without the delay of one single day? |
| hebēscō hebēscere At [vero] nos vicesimum iam diem patimur hebescere aciem horum auctoritatis. | 3. to grow dull But we, for these twenty days, have been allowing the edge of the senate’s authority to grow blunt, as it were. |
| vāgīna consultum… in vagina reconditum | (f.) sheath, scabbard a decree… buried in the sheath |
| reconditus -a -um consultum… in vagina reconditum | (adj) locked up, concealed a decree… buried in the sheath |
| inclūsus -a -um consultum… inclusum in tabulis | (adj.) thrust away, enclosed a decree…locked up in its parchment |
| tabula consultum… inclusum in tabulis | (f.) list, record, parchment; tabulae (pl.) archives a decree…locked up in its parchment |
| patrēs cōnscrīptī Cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem | gentlemen of the Senate I wish, O gentlemen of the Senate, to be merciful |
| clēmēns -tis Cupio, patres conscripti, me esse clementem | merciful I wish, O gentlemen of the Senate, to be merciful |
| dissolūtus -a -um cupio in tantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri | (adj.) neglectful, negligent I wish not to appear negligent amid such danger to the state |
| nequitia sed iam me ipse inertiae nequitiaeque condemno. | idleness, negligence but I do now accuse myself of negligences and culpable inactivities. |
| faucēs Castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus conlocata | (f.) entrance, gateway; jaws A camp is pitched in Italy, at the entrance of Etruria, in hostility to the republic |
| in diēs singulōs crescit in dies singulos hostium numerus | every day the number of the enemy increases every day |
| mōlior mōlīrī mōlītum videmus intestinam aliquam cotidie perniciem rei publicae molientem. | (dep.) to set in motion, undertake we see planning every day some internal injury to the republic |
| intestinus -a -um videmus intestinam aliquam cotidie perniciem rei publicae molientem. | (adj.) internal; civil we see planning every day some internal injury to the republic |
| sērius -a -um ne non potius hoc omnes boni serius a me quam quisquam crudelius factum esse dicat. | (adj) too late lest all good men should say that I had acted tardily, rather than that any one should affirm that I acted cruelly. |