Question 1

omittō omittere omīsī omīssum
Ac iam illa omitto (neque enim sunt aut obscura aut non multa commissa postea)

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3. to omit
And I say no more of these things, for the are not unknown to every one.

Question 2

quotiens
quotiens tu me designatum, quotiens consulem interficere conatus es!

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(adv) how often
How often have you endeavored to slay me, both as consul-elect and as actual consul?

Question 3

petitiōnēs coniicere
quot ego tuas petitiones ita coniectas, ut vitari posse non viderentur, parva quadam declinatione et, ut aiunt, corpore effugi!

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to thrust blows (in combat)
many shots of yours, so aimed that they seemed impossible to be escaped, have I avoided by some slight swerving aside, and some dodging, as it were, of my body?

Question 4

dēclinatiō dēclinatiōnis
parva quadam declinatione et, ut aiunt, corpore effugi

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(f.) swerve, twist
have I avoided by some slight swerving aside, and some dodging, as it were, of my body?

Question 5

āiunt
parva quadam declinatione et, ut aiunt, corpore effugi

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as it were, as they say
have I avoided by some slight swerving aside, and some dodging, as it were, of my body?

Question 6

dēsistō dēsistere dēsistī dēsistum
nihil [agis, nihil] assequeris [nihil moliris] neque tamen conari ac velle desistis.

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3. to cease, give up
You attempt nothing, you accomplish nothing, you devise nothing that can be kept hid from me at the proper time; and yet you do not cease to attempt and to contrive.

Question 7

assequor assequī assecūtum
nihil [agis, nihil] assequeris [nihil moliris] neque tamen conari ac velle desistis.

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(dep.) to accomplish
You attempt nothing, you accomplish nothing, you devise nothing that can be kept hid from me at the proper time; and yet you do not cease to attempt and to contrive.

Question 8

sīca -ae
Quotiens tibi iam extorta est ista sica de manibus, quotiens [vero] excidit casu aliquo et elapsa est!

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(f.) dagger
How often already has that dagger of yours been wrested from your hands? How often has it slipped through them by some chance, and dropped down?

Question 9

extorqueō  extorquēre extorsī extortum
Quotiens tibi iam extorta est ista sica de manibus, quotiens [vero] excidit casu aliquo et elapsa est!

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2. to wrest, tear away
How often already has that dagger of yours been wrested from your hands? How often has it slipped through them by some chance, and dropped down?

Question 10

excidō excidere excidī
Quotiens tibi iam extorta est ista sica de manibus, quotiens [vero] excidit casu aliquo et elapsa est!

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3. to fall out, escape; perish
How often already has that dagger of yours been wrested from your hands? How often has it slipped through them by some chance, and dropped down?

Question 11

initiō initiare
quae quidem quibus abs te initiata sacris ac devota sit, nescio, quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.

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1. to dedicate, consecrate
and to what sacred mysteries it is consecrated and devoted by you I know not, that you think it necessary to plunge it in the body of the consul.

Question 12

dēvoveō dēvovēre dēvōvī dēvotum
quae quidem quibus abs te initiata sacris ac devota sit, nescio, quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.

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2. to vow; devote; curse
and to what sacred mysteries it is consecrated and devoted by you I know not, that you think it necessary to plunge it in the body of the consul.

Question 13

sacra
quae quidem quibus abs te initiata sacris ac devota sit, nescio, quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.

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(n. pl.) sacred rites
and to what sacred mysteries it is consecrated and devoted by you I know not, that you think it necessary to plunge it in the body of the consul.

Question 14

necesse
quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.

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(adj) necessary
that you think it necessary to plunge [the dagger] in the body of the consul.

Question 15

dēfīgō dēfīgere dēfīxī dēfīxum 
quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.

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3. to fix firmly, implant with abl or acc.
that you think it necessary to plunge [the dagger] in the body of the consul.

Question 16

misericordia
Sic enim iam tecum loquar, non ut odio permotus esse videar, quo debeo, sed ut misericordia, quae tibi nulla debetur.

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(f.) mercy, pity
For I will speak to you not so as to seem influenced by the hatred I ought to feel, but by pity, nothing of which is due to you.

Question 17

necessārius
Quis te ex hac tanta frequentia totque tuis amicis ac necessariis salutavit?

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(m.) business associate
in so numerous an assembly, who of so many friends and connections of yours saluted you?

Question 18

contumēlia
Si hoc post hominum memoriam contigit nemini, 
vocis expectas contumeliam, cum sis gravissimo iudicio taciturnitatis oppressus?

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(f.) reproach, indignity, affront
are you waiting for insults by word of mouth, when you are overwhelmed by the most irresistible condemnation of silence?

Question 19

taciturnitās taciturnitātis
Si hoc post hominum memoriam contigit nemini, 
vocis expectas contumeliam, cum sis gravissimo iudicio taciturnitatis oppressus?

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(f.) silence
are you waiting for insults by word of mouth, when you are overwhelmed by the most irresistible condemnation of silence?

Question 20

subsellium
Quid, quod adventu tuo ista subsellia vacuefacta sunt,

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(n.) bench, seat
Is it nothing that at your arrival all those seats were vacated?

Question 21

adsīdō adsīdere adsēdī
simul atque adsedisti, partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt

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3. sit down, take one’s seat
the very moment you sat down, left that part of the benches bare and vacant?

Question 22

mehercule
Servi mehercule mei si me isto pacto metuerent, ut te metuunt omnes cives tui, domum meam relinquendam putarem.

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(excl.) by Hercules, on my honor
On my honor, if my slaves feared me as all your fellow citizens fear you, I should think I must leave my house.

Question 23

agnōscō agnōscere agnōvī agnitum
agnoscas odium omnium iustum et iam diu tibi debitum,

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3. recognize
you recognize the hatred of all men is just and has been long due to you

Question 24

opīnor opīnārī opinatum
Si te parentes timerent atque odissent tui neque eos ulla ratione placare posses, ut opinor, ab eorum oculis aliquo concederes.

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(dep.) suppose, imagine
If your parents feared and hated you, and if you could by no means pacify them, you would, I suppose, depart somewhere out of their sight.

Question 25

parricīdium
Nunc te patria, quae communis est parens omnium nostrum, odit ac metuit et iam diu nihil te iudicat nisi de parricidio suo cogitare.

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(n.) parricide
Now, your country, which is the common parent of all of us, hates and fears you, and has no other opinion of you, than that you are meditating parricide in her case.

Question 26

pertimēscō pertimēscere pertimuī
huius tu neque auctoritatem verebere nec iudicium sequere nec vim pertimesces? 

ut legum poenas pertimescas

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3. to become exceedingly afraid
and will you neither feel awe of her authority, nor deference for her judgment, nor fear of her power?

that you should fear the penalties of the laws

Question 27

flagitium
Nullum iam aliquot annis facinus exstitit nisi per te, nullum flagitium sine te

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(n.) shameful act, atrocity
There has now for many years been no crime committed but by you; no atrocity has taken place without you

Question 28

facinus facinoris
Nullum iam aliquot annis facinus exstitit nisi per te, nullum flagitium sine te

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(n.) crime
There has now for many years been no crime committed but by you; no atrocity has taken place without you

Question 29

nex necis
tibi uni multorum civium neces, tibi vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera

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(f.) violent death, murder
you alone unpunished and unquestioned have murdered the citizens, have harassed and plundered the allies

Question 30

dīreptiō dīreptiōnis
tibi uni multorum civium neces, tibi vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera

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(f.) plundering
you alone unpunished and unquestioned have murdered the citizens, have harassed and plundered the allies

Question 31

vexatiō vexatiōnis
tibi uni multorum civium neces, tibi vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera

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(f.) harassing
you alone unpunished and unquestioned have murdered the citizens, have harassed and plundered the allies

Question 32

ēvertō ēvertere ēvertī ēversum
tu non solum ad neglegendas leges et quaestiones, verum etiam ad evertendas perfringendasque valuisti.

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3. overthrow
you alone have had power not only to neglect all laws and investigations, but to overthrow and break through them.

Question 33

neglegō neglegere neglēxī neglectum
tu non solum ad neglegendas leges et quaestiones, verum etiam ad evertendas perfringendasque valuisti.

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3. neglect
you alone have had power not only to neglect all laws and investigations, but to overthrow and break through them.

Question 34

abhorrō abhorrēre abhorruī 
Non referam, id quod abhorret a meis moribus, et tamen faciam, ut intellegas, quid hi de te sentiant.

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2. to shirk from, be averse to, inconsistent with
I will not make such a motion—it is contrary to my principles, and yet I will let you see what these men think of you.

Question 35

adhibeō adhibēre
Haec si tecum, ita ut dixi, patria loquatur, nonne impetrare debeat, etiamsi vim adhibere non possit?

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2. employ, use; enforce
If, as I have said, your country were thus to address you, ought she not to obtain her request, even if she were not able to enforce it?

Question 36

asservō asservāre
A quo non receptus etiam ad me venire ausus es atque, ut domi meae te asservarem, rogasti.

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1. to keep, guard
And when you were not received by him, you dared even to come to me, and begged me to keep you in my house

Question 37

carcer carceris
sed quam longe videtur a carcere atque a vinculis abesse debere, qui se ipse iam dignum custodia iudicarit!

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(m.) 3. prison, jail
but how far can we think that man ought to be from bonds and imprisonment who has already judged himself deserving of being given into custody.

Question 38

aequō animō
si emori aequo animo non potes, abire in aliquas terras

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(adv) with composure
if you can not remain here with tranquility, to depart to some distant land

Question 39

referre ad senatum
`Refer', inquis, `ad senatum'; id enim postulas

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to put before the senate (for debate)
Make a motion, say you, to the senate (for that is what you demand)

Question 40

optemperō optemperāre optemperātūrum
et, si hic ordo [sibi] placere decreverit te ire in exilium, optemperaturum te esse dicis.

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1. conform, obey
and if this body votes that you ought to go into banishment, you say that you will obey.

Question 41

exsilium
Egredere ex urbe, Catilina, libera rem publicam metu, in exsilium, si hanc vocem exspectas, proficiscere.

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(n.) exile, banishment
Be gone from the city, O Catiline; deliver the republic from fear; depart into banishment, if that is the word you are waiting for.

Cicero 1.290-499

Cicero vs. Catiline

Question	Answer
omittō omittere omīsī omīssum Ac iam illa omitto (neque enim sunt aut obscura aut non multa commissa postea)	3. to omit And I say no more of these things, for the are not unknown to every one.
quotiens quotiens tu me designatum, quotiens consulem interficere conatus es!	(adv) how often How often have you endeavored to slay me, both as consul-elect and as actual consul?
petitiōnēs coniicere quot ego tuas petitiones ita coniectas, ut vitari posse non viderentur, parva quadam declinatione et, ut aiunt, corpore effugi!	to thrust blows (in combat) many shots of yours, so aimed that they seemed impossible to be escaped, have I avoided by some slight swerving aside, and some dodging, as it were, of my body?
dēclinatiō dēclinatiōnis parva quadam declinatione et, ut aiunt, corpore effugi	(f.) swerve, twist have I avoided by some slight swerving aside, and some dodging, as it were, of my body?
āiunt parva quadam declinatione et, ut aiunt, corpore effugi	as it were, as they say have I avoided by some slight swerving aside, and some dodging, as it were, of my body?
dēsistō dēsistere dēsistī dēsistum nihil [agis, nihil] assequeris [nihil moliris] neque tamen conari ac velle desistis.	3. to cease, give up You attempt nothing, you accomplish nothing, you devise nothing that can be kept hid from me at the proper time; and yet you do not cease to attempt and to contrive.
assequor assequī assecūtum nihil [agis, nihil] assequeris [nihil moliris] neque tamen conari ac velle desistis.	(dep.) to accomplish You attempt nothing, you accomplish nothing, you devise nothing that can be kept hid from me at the proper time; and yet you do not cease to attempt and to contrive.
sīca -ae Quotiens tibi iam extorta est ista sica de manibus, quotiens [vero] excidit casu aliquo et elapsa est!	(f.) dagger How often already has that dagger of yours been wrested from your hands? How often has it slipped through them by some chance, and dropped down?
extorqueō extorquēre extorsī extortum Quotiens tibi iam extorta est ista sica de manibus, quotiens [vero] excidit casu aliquo et elapsa est!	2. to wrest, tear away How often already has that dagger of yours been wrested from your hands? How often has it slipped through them by some chance, and dropped down?
excidō excidere excidī Quotiens tibi iam extorta est ista sica de manibus, quotiens [vero] excidit casu aliquo et elapsa est!	3. to fall out, escape; perish How often already has that dagger of yours been wrested from your hands? How often has it slipped through them by some chance, and dropped down?
initiō initiare quae quidem quibus abs te initiata sacris ac devota sit, nescio, quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.	1. to dedicate, consecrate and to what sacred mysteries it is consecrated and devoted by you I know not, that you think it necessary to plunge it in the body of the consul.
dēvoveō dēvovēre dēvōvī dēvotum quae quidem quibus abs te initiata sacris ac devota sit, nescio, quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.	2. to vow; devote; curse and to what sacred mysteries it is consecrated and devoted by you I know not, that you think it necessary to plunge it in the body of the consul.
sacra quae quidem quibus abs te initiata sacris ac devota sit, nescio, quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.	(n. pl.) sacred rites and to what sacred mysteries it is consecrated and devoted by you I know not, that you think it necessary to plunge it in the body of the consul.
necesse quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.	(adj) necessary that you think it necessary to plunge [the dagger] in the body of the consul.
dēfīgō dēfīgere dēfīxī dēfīxum quod eam necesse putas esse in consulis corpore defigere.	3. to fix firmly, implant with abl or acc. that you think it necessary to plunge [the dagger] in the body of the consul.
misericordia Sic enim iam tecum loquar, non ut odio permotus esse videar, quo debeo, sed ut misericordia, quae tibi nulla debetur.	(f.) mercy, pity For I will speak to you not so as to seem influenced by the hatred I ought to feel, but by pity, nothing of which is due to you.
necessārius Quis te ex hac tanta frequentia totque tuis amicis ac necessariis salutavit?	(m.) business associate in so numerous an assembly, who of so many friends and connections of yours saluted you?
contumēlia Si hoc post hominum memoriam contigit nemini, vocis expectas contumeliam, cum sis gravissimo iudicio taciturnitatis oppressus?	(f.) reproach, indignity, affront are you waiting for insults by word of mouth, when you are overwhelmed by the most irresistible condemnation of silence?
taciturnitās taciturnitātis Si hoc post hominum memoriam contigit nemini, vocis expectas contumeliam, cum sis gravissimo iudicio taciturnitatis oppressus?	(f.) silence are you waiting for insults by word of mouth, when you are overwhelmed by the most irresistible condemnation of silence?
subsellium Quid, quod adventu tuo ista subsellia vacuefacta sunt,	(n.) bench, seat Is it nothing that at your arrival all those seats were vacated?
adsīdō adsīdere adsēdī simul atque adsedisti, partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt	3. sit down, take one’s seat the very moment you sat down, left that part of the benches bare and vacant?
mehercule Servi mehercule mei si me isto pacto metuerent, ut te metuunt omnes cives tui, domum meam relinquendam putarem.	(excl.) by Hercules, on my honor On my honor, if my slaves feared me as all your fellow citizens fear you, I should think I must leave my house.
agnōscō agnōscere agnōvī agnitum agnoscas odium omnium iustum et iam diu tibi debitum,	3. recognize you recognize the hatred of all men is just and has been long due to you
opīnor opīnārī opinatum Si te parentes timerent atque odissent tui neque eos ulla ratione placare posses, ut opinor, ab eorum oculis aliquo concederes.	(dep.) suppose, imagine If your parents feared and hated you, and if you could by no means pacify them, you would, I suppose, depart somewhere out of their sight.
parricīdium Nunc te patria, quae communis est parens omnium nostrum, odit ac metuit et iam diu nihil te iudicat nisi de parricidio suo cogitare.	(n.) parricide Now, your country, which is the common parent of all of us, hates and fears you, and has no other opinion of you, than that you are meditating parricide in her case.
pertimēscō pertimēscere pertimuī huius tu neque auctoritatem verebere nec iudicium sequere nec vim pertimesces? ut legum poenas pertimescas	3. to become exceedingly afraid and will you neither feel awe of her authority, nor deference for her judgment, nor fear of her power? that you should fear the penalties of the laws
flagitium Nullum iam aliquot annis facinus exstitit nisi per te, nullum flagitium sine te	(n.) shameful act, atrocity There has now for many years been no crime committed but by you; no atrocity has taken place without you
facinus facinoris Nullum iam aliquot annis facinus exstitit nisi per te, nullum flagitium sine te	(n.) crime There has now for many years been no crime committed but by you; no atrocity has taken place without you
nex necis tibi uni multorum civium neces, tibi vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera	(f.) violent death, murder you alone unpunished and unquestioned have murdered the citizens, have harassed and plundered the allies
dīreptiō dīreptiōnis tibi uni multorum civium neces, tibi vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera	(f.) plundering you alone unpunished and unquestioned have murdered the citizens, have harassed and plundered the allies
vexatiō vexatiōnis tibi uni multorum civium neces, tibi vexatio direptioque sociorum impunita fuit ac libera	(f.) harassing you alone unpunished and unquestioned have murdered the citizens, have harassed and plundered the allies
ēvertō ēvertere ēvertī ēversum tu non solum ad neglegendas leges et quaestiones, verum etiam ad evertendas perfringendasque valuisti.	3. overthrow you alone have had power not only to neglect all laws and investigations, but to overthrow and break through them.
neglegō neglegere neglēxī neglectum tu non solum ad neglegendas leges et quaestiones, verum etiam ad evertendas perfringendasque valuisti.	3. neglect you alone have had power not only to neglect all laws and investigations, but to overthrow and break through them.
abhorrō abhorrēre abhorruī Non referam, id quod abhorret a meis moribus, et tamen faciam, ut intellegas, quid hi de te sentiant.	2. to shirk from, be averse to, inconsistent with I will not make such a motion—it is contrary to my principles, and yet I will let you see what these men think of you.
adhibeō adhibēre Haec si tecum, ita ut dixi, patria loquatur, nonne impetrare debeat, etiamsi vim adhibere non possit?	2. employ, use; enforce If, as I have said, your country were thus to address you, ought she not to obtain her request, even if she were not able to enforce it?
asservō asservāre A quo non receptus etiam ad me venire ausus es atque, ut domi meae te asservarem, rogasti.	1. to keep, guard And when you were not received by him, you dared even to come to me, and begged me to keep you in my house
carcer carceris sed quam longe videtur a carcere atque a vinculis abesse debere, qui se ipse iam dignum custodia iudicarit!	(m.) 3. prison, jail but how far can we think that man ought to be from bonds and imprisonment who has already judged himself deserving of being given into custody.
aequō animō si emori aequo animo non potes, abire in aliquas terras	(adv) with composure if you can not remain here with tranquility, to depart to some distant land
referre ad senatum `Refer', inquis, `ad senatum'; id enim postulas	to put before the senate (for debate) Make a motion, say you, to the senate (for that is what you demand)
optemperō optemperāre optemperātūrum et, si hic ordo [sibi] placere decreverit te ire in exilium, optemperaturum te esse dicis.	1. conform, obey and if this body votes that you ought to go into banishment, you say that you will obey.
exsilium Egredere ex urbe, Catilina, libera rem publicam metu, in exsilium, si hanc vocem exspectas, proficiscere.	(n.) exile, banishment Be gone from the city, O Catiline; deliver the republic from fear; depart into banishment, if that is the word you are waiting for.

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