Question 1

sēdō sēdāre 
Tum interventū Pomptini atque Flacci pugna sedatur.

Accepted Answer

1. to stop
Then the fighting was stopped by the intervention of Pomptinus and Flaccus.

Question 2

cum iam dilucesceret
ipsi comprehensi ad me, cum iam dilucesceret, deducuntur.

Accepted Answer

at daybreak
those same men, they apprehended and led to me as it was daybreak.

Question 3

māchinātor
Atque horum omnium scelerum improbissimum machinatorem, Cimbrum Gabinium, statim ad me nihil dum suspicantem vocavi

Accepted Answer

plotter
And immediately I called Cimber Gabinus the most depraved plotter of all of these criminals, while he suspected nothing.

Question 4

aedēs
qui ex aedibus Cethegi, si quid telorum esset, efferret

Accepted Answer

(pl.) house
he should bring whatever arms he could find in the house of Cethegus

Question 5

frequēns, frequēntis
Senatum frequentem celeriter, ut vidistis, coegi.

Accepted Answer

(adj) crowded
I quickly summoned a full senate, as you saw.

Question 6

fidēs pūblica
fidem pūblicam iussū senātūs dedī

Accepted Answer

a pledge of clemency
I gave a pledge of clemency by order of the senate

Question 7

recreō recreāre
cum vix se ex magno timore recreasset

Accepted Answer

1. to revive, restore, refresh
when they had barely recovered from great fear.

Question 8

haruspex haruspicis
Lentulum autem sibi confirmasse ex fatis Sibyllinis haruspicumque responsis se esse tertium illum Cornelium, ad quem regnum huius urbis atque imperium pervenire esset necesse

Accepted Answer

(m.) soothsayer
Lentulus had assured him, from the Sibylline oracles and the answers of soothsayers, that he was that third Cornelius to whom the kingdom and sovereignty over this city was fated to come

Question 9

fātālis -e
Eundemque dixisse fatalem hunc annum esse ad interitum huius urbis atque imperii

Accepted Answer

(adj) fated, destined
and that he had also said that was the year destined to the destruction of this city and empire

Question 10

absolūtiō absolūtiōnis
qui esset annus decimus post virginum absolutionem, post Capitoli autem incensionem vice simus.

Accepted Answer

(f.) acquittal
being the tenth year after the acquittal of the virgins, and the twentieth after the burning of the Capitol.

Question 11

contrōversia -ae
Hanc autem Cethego cum ceteris controversiam fuisse dixerunt, quod Lentulo et aliis Saturnalibus caedem fieri atque urbem incendi placeret.

Accepted Answer

(f.) dispute, quarrel
But they said there had been this dispute between Cethegus and the rest,—that Lentulus and others thought it best that the massacre should take place and the city be burnt at the Saturnalia.

Question 12

ac nē longum sit
Ac ne longum sit, Quirites, tabellas proferri iussimus.

Accepted Answer

to make a long story short
To make a long story short, Roman citizens, we ordered the tables to be brought forth.

Question 13

līnum
Nos līnum incidimus, legimus.

Accepted Answer

(n.) thread
We cut the thread and read (the tablet)

Question 14

ferrāmentum
Tum Cethegus, qui paulo ante aliquid tamen de gladiis ac sicis, quae apud ipsum erant deprehensa, respondisset dixissetque se semper bonorum ferramentorum studiosum fuisse.

Accepted Answer

(n.) weapon; iron piece
Then Cethegus, who a little earlier had been caught with swords and daggers answered saying that he was fond of good iron weapons.

Question 15

conticēscō conticēscere conticuī 
recitatis litteris debilitatus atque abiectus conscientia repente conticuit.

Accepted Answer

3. fall silent
After the letters were read aloud being stricken and dejected, suddenly due to his conscience he fell silent.

Cataline 3.60-121

Cicero vs. Cataline

Question	Answer
sēdō sēdāre Tum interventū Pomptini atque Flacci pugna sedatur.	1. to stop Then the fighting was stopped by the intervention of Pomptinus and Flaccus.
cum iam dilucesceret ipsi comprehensi ad me, cum iam dilucesceret, deducuntur.	at daybreak those same men, they apprehended and led to me as it was daybreak.
māchinātor Atque horum omnium scelerum improbissimum machinatorem, Cimbrum Gabinium, statim ad me nihil dum suspicantem vocavi	plotter And immediately I called Cimber Gabinus the most depraved plotter of all of these criminals, while he suspected nothing.
aedēs qui ex aedibus Cethegi, si quid telorum esset, efferret	(pl.) house he should bring whatever arms he could find in the house of Cethegus
frequēns, frequēntis Senatum frequentem celeriter, ut vidistis, coegi.	(adj) crowded I quickly summoned a full senate, as you saw.
fidēs pūblica fidem pūblicam iussū senātūs dedī	a pledge of clemency I gave a pledge of clemency by order of the senate
recreō recreāre cum vix se ex magno timore recreasset	1. to revive, restore, refresh when they had barely recovered from great fear.
haruspex haruspicis Lentulum autem sibi confirmasse ex fatis Sibyllinis haruspicumque responsis se esse tertium illum Cornelium, ad quem regnum huius urbis atque imperium pervenire esset necesse	(m.) soothsayer Lentulus had assured him, from the Sibylline oracles and the answers of soothsayers, that he was that third Cornelius to whom the kingdom and sovereignty over this city was fated to come
fātālis -e Eundemque dixisse fatalem hunc annum esse ad interitum huius urbis atque imperii	(adj) fated, destined and that he had also said that was the year destined to the destruction of this city and empire
absolūtiō absolūtiōnis qui esset annus decimus post virginum absolutionem, post Capitoli autem incensionem vice simus.	(f.) acquittal being the tenth year after the acquittal of the virgins, and the twentieth after the burning of the Capitol.
contrōversia -ae Hanc autem Cethego cum ceteris controversiam fuisse dixerunt, quod Lentulo et aliis Saturnalibus caedem fieri atque urbem incendi placeret.	(f.) dispute, quarrel But they said there had been this dispute between Cethegus and the rest,—that Lentulus and others thought it best that the massacre should take place and the city be burnt at the Saturnalia.
ac nē longum sit Ac ne longum sit, Quirites, tabellas proferri iussimus.	to make a long story short To make a long story short, Roman citizens, we ordered the tables to be brought forth.
līnum Nos līnum incidimus, legimus.	(n.) thread We cut the thread and read (the tablet)
ferrāmentum Tum Cethegus, qui paulo ante aliquid tamen de gladiis ac sicis, quae apud ipsum erant deprehensa, respondisset dixissetque se semper bonorum ferramentorum studiosum fuisse.	(n.) weapon; iron piece Then Cethegus, who a little earlier had been caught with swords and daggers answered saying that he was fond of good iron weapons.
conticēscō conticēscere conticuī recitatis litteris debilitatus atque abiectus conscientia repente conticuit.	3. fall silent After the letters were read aloud being stricken and dejected, suddenly due to his conscience he fell silent.

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