M. TULLI CICERONIS ORATIO IN CATILINAM PRIMA IN SENATU HABITA. I. Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia no- 1 stra? quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia? Nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palati, nihil urbis vigiliae, 6 2. etiam, still,' in temporal meaning. 3. Nihilne, an emphatic nonne. Note the repetition of the same word at the beginning of successive clauses instead of a connective: it is called anaphora. TITLE.-M. Tulli Ciceronis. | the quantity of penult and thus On the three names cf. A. 80 a; determine tense. H. 649; P. 666; on the gen. -i for -ii. A. 40 b; G. 29 R. 1; H. 51 5; B. 25 1; Cicero is said to be derived from cicer, 'a small pea.' Decline the three names side by side. Oratio: nom., used absolutely in the title of books, etc. in Catilinam, against Catilina.' prima: there are four orations commonly called against Catilina.' in senatu, see p. 31, § 50, and explain the circumstances under which this oration was delivered. 4. Palati, mons Palatinus. This hill was the original seat of Rome, and remained a point of great strategic importance, always promptly garrisoned when danger within the city was apprehended. On the brow of the hill toward the § 1. 1. 1. tandem, 'I pray,' in in- Via Sacra stood the temple of Jupiterrogative and imperative sen- ter Stator, wherethe senate was now tences is the sign of intense feeling. assembled. Point out these objects abutĕre, use up,' 'exhaust' on Plan A. Cicero had increased (not 'abuse,' 'misuse'); observe the guards for political effect. 5 nihil timor populi, nihil concursus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora voltusque moverunt? Patere tua consilia non sentis, constrictam iam horum omnium scientia teneri coniurationem tuam non vides? Quid proxima, 10 quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consilii ceperis, quem nostrum ignorare 2 arbitraris? O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit? immo vero etiam in senatum venit, fit publici consilii parti15 ceps, notat et designat oculis ad caedem unum quemque nostrum. Nos autem fortes viri satis facere rei 5. bonorum, 'loyal men,' the | The strength of a conspiracy lies political sense of the word, in- in secrecy. cluding all persons in the speaker's party, and excluding all others; opposed to it are the words improbi, perditi. 6. locus, see on 1. 4. Where were the meetings of the senate commonly held ? See Int., p. 75, $103. 7. ora voltusque, 'expression on the faces.' The expression of an idea by two connected nouns instead of by a single modified noun is called hendiadys; quote an example from Cæsar I. 3, ad fin, inter... dant. 8,9. constrictam teneri, how different in meaning from constrictam esse? A. 292 c; G. 230; H. 388 1 note; B. 337 6. Habeo is more common than teneo in this use: quote example from Cæsar I. 15, quem . . . habebat. scientia; i.e., is powerless, because every one knows of it. 9-11. Read p. 30, § 49, and tell what places, times, and measures are meant. Some of the men called together are named in Sallust's account of the Conspiracy. Among them were ten senators, four knights, and many from places in Italy outside of Rome. 12. arbitraris. In the present indicative of deponent verbs, Cicero writes -ris not -re. What does he write in the future tense? cf. 1. 1. § 2. 13, 14. immo vero is used to correct a previous statement as either too weak or too strong: which here? Trans. "Lives, did I say? nay, he even, etc." publici consilii, a council of the state,' here the senate. The word consilium is used of any organized body taking common action. 16. viri fortes, nom. case, ironical, |