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Cicero 1.86-121
Cicero vs. Catiline
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| illūstrō illūstrāre si neque nox tenebris obscurare coeptus nefarios nec privata domus parietibus continere voces coniurationis tuae potest, si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia | 1. light up, illuminate if night is not able to veil your nefarious meetings in darkness, and if private houses can not conceal the voice of your conspiracy within their walls—if everything is seen and illuminated |
| fateor fatērī fassum Tum denique interficiere, … qui id non iure factum esse fateatur. | (dep.) to admit with accusative I will put you to death, then, …as not to admit that it has been rightly done |
| improbus -a -um Tum denique interficiere, cum iam nemo tam improbus, tam perditus, tam tui similis inveniri poterit | (adj.) disloyal; shameless; wicked I will put you to death, then, when there shall be not one person possible to be found so wicked, so abandoned, so like yourself |
| perditus -a -um Tum denique interficiere, cum iam nemo tam improbus, tam perditus, tam tui similis inveniri poterit | (adj.) morally depraved; hopeless I will put you to death, then, when there shall be not one person possible to be found so wicked, so abandoned, so like yourself |
| obsideō obsidēre obsēdī obsessum multis meis et firmis praesidiis obsessus | 2. to obstruct, block; beseige surrounded by my many and trusty guards |
| speculor speculārī Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicut adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient. | (dep.) to watch, spy upon many eyes and ears shall still observe and watch you, as they have hitherto done, tho you shall not perceive them. |
| tenebrae si neque nox tenebris obscurare coeptus nefarios | (f.) darkness if night is not able to veil your nefarious meetings in darkness |
| mutāre mentem Muta iam istam mentem, mihi crede, obliviscere caedis atque incendiorum. | to change one’s mind Change your mind: trust me: forget the slaughter and conflagration you are meditating. |
| recognōscō recognōscere recognōvī recognitus Teneris undique; luce sunt clariora nobis tua consilia omnia; quae iam mecum licet recognoscas. | 3. to remind You are hemmed in on all sides; all your plans are clearer than the day to us; let me remind you of them. |
| fore (futūrum esse) fore in armis certo die, qui dies futurus esset ante diem VI Kal. Novembris | would be on a certain day, which was to be the 27th of October, … [he] would be in arms |
| satēlles satellitis fore in armis certo die, qui dies futurus esset ante diem VI Kal. Novembris | henchman on a certain day, which was to be the 27th of October, … [he] would be in arms |
| administrer administrī fore in armis certo die, qui dies futurus esset ante diem VI Kal. Novembris | accomplice on a certain day, which was to be the 27th of October, … [he] would be in arms |
| memini meminisse Meministine me ante diem XII Kalendas Novembris dicere in senatu …? | to be sure; keep in mind; to recall Do you recollect that on the 21st of October I said in the senate …? |
| fallō fallere fefellī falsum Num me fefellit, Catilina, non modo res tanta, tam atrox tamque incredibilis, verum, id quod multo magis est admirandum, dies?” | 3. to deceive, cheat Was I mistaken, Catiline, not only in so important, so atrocious, so incredible a fact, but, what is much more remarkable, in the very day? |
| atrox tam atrox tamque incredibilis | (adj) atrocious so atrocious, so incredible |