vagus, -a, -um, adj., wandering, | vēnālis, -e, adj. [cf. vēnus = for sale, 184. malum, poison, 199. sale], 107. valeō, -ēre, -ui, -itūrum, be strong; | vēndō, -ere, -didī, -ditum [vēnum avail, 26; prevail, 162; gain head- + dō], set a price on, 555. way, 267; succeed, 320; be vigor- venenum, -1, n., drug; venēnum ous, 380, 388; have power, 707; be efficacious, 964; become powerful, 1073; be strong, 1084; nihil valet valĕre = have more weight, 981. validus, -a, -um, adj. [valeō], = be of no avail, 965; plūs strong, 120. vānitās, -ātis, f. [vānus], vainglory, 444. vānus, -a, -um, adj. [cf. vacuus], useless, 1135; vāna ingenia faithless men, 365. variē, adv. [varius], in various ways, 1089; differently, 1398. varius, -a, -um, adj., diverse; versatile, 82; multi et variï = many different, 1058. vās, vāsis, pl. vāsa, -ōrum, n., vase, 211, 1052. vāstō (1), [vāstus], make desolate, 278. vāstus, -a, -um, adj., empty; un restrained, 85. vēcordia, -ae, f. [vēcors = senseless], madness, 280. vectigal, -ālis, n. [vehō = carry], tax, 1104. vectīgālis, -e, adj. [vectigal], tributary, 377. veniō, -īre, vēnī, ventum, come, 499, 1364. vēnor (1), hunt, 66. venter, -tris, m., belly; appetite, 3, 35, 248. verber, -eris, n. lash; stripes, 1025, 1071. verberō (1), [verber], scourge, = = speak at length, 1106. vērē [vērus = true], truly, 72; accurately, 323. vereor, -ērī, veritus sum, dread, 1058. vērum, -ī, n. [vērus = true], truth, 148, 716, 962; prō vērō = as the truth, 1060; vērum, conj., but, 30, 150, 225, 484, 1178; vērō, doubtless, 20; indeed, 65, 689; but, 171, 888; vērum enim vērō = nay verily, 39; but certainly, 387; immō vērō maxumē nay rather very much, 1166; vērus, -a, -um, right, 196; true, 647. vehemēns, -entis, adj., very eager; vescor, -ī, —, feed on; tickle the impetuous, 808. vehementer, adv. [vehemens], palate, 238. vestimentum, -ī, n. [vestis = clothing], garment, 1053. veterānus, -a, -um, adj. [vetus], experienced, 1353; experienced soldier, 1367. vetō, -āre, -ui, -itum, forbid, 1026. | vinculum, -ī, n. [vinciō = bind], vīcīnitās, -ātis, f. [cf. vīcus], vindicō (1), [vindex], inflict pun- neighborhood, 662. victor, -ōris, m. [vincō], conqueror, 204, 1324; adj., victorious, 229, 1047. ishment, 168; check by punishment, vīnum, -ī, n., wine, 432. | violentia, -ae, f. [vīs], oppression, victus, -ūs, m. [vīvō], mode of liv- vir, virī, m., man, 136; paramour, ing, 695. 472; husband, 476. vīcus, -ī, m., row of houses; street, vīrēs, see vīs. 941. vidēlicet [= vidēre licet], adv., video, -ēre, vīdī, vīsum, see; wit- ness, 231; see, 359; perceive, 752; = duty, 81; keeping watch, 277; vigilō (1), [vigil = awake], be on the lookout, 510; be watchful, villa, -ae, f. [dim. of vicus], villa, 223; country seat, 1052, 1100. virgō, -inis, f., maid; maiden, 269, virīlis, -e, adj. [vir], manly, 200, 391; masculine, 474. = virtus, -ūtis, f. [vir], mental prow- = 7. examine, 224; see, 1395. vitium, -1, n., blemish; vice, 58; | voluntarius, -ī, m. [volō], as a volfault, 194; failing, 1214. unteer, 1258. vīvō, -ere, vixi, victum, live, 39, voluntās, -ātis, f. [volō], approval, 105, 315. 353; will, 490. vīvus, -a, -um, adj. [vīvō], alive, voluptārius, -a, -um, adj. [cf. volō], VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES A A. = Aenēās, -ae, m., supposedly, one of the conspirators, but as Cicero's colleague he had to lead an army against Catiline; governor of Macedonia 62, accused of extortion and, though defended by Cicero, convicted. Apūlia, -ae, f., a district in southeastern Italy. Arrētinus, -a, -um, adj., of or pertaining to Arretium, a town in Etruria, near Florence. Athenians. Aurēlia Orestilla, the second wife thage in Africa, and finally settled | Asia, -ae, f., Asia, Asia Minor. in Latium, where he founded Athēniēnsēs, -ium, m. pl., the Alba Longa, the mother city of Rome. Allobrogēs, -um, m. pl., the Allobrogians, a Gallic tribe between the Alps on the east and the Rhone on the west, now Savoy, conquered by Fabius Maximus, 121 B.C. By pretending to join the conspiracy, they helped Cicero bring to light the conspiracy, capture the conspirators, and drive Catiline from Rome. Annius, -iī, m., Quintus Annius Chilo, a senator and one of Catiline's accomplices. Antōnius, -ii, m., Gaius Antonius Hybrida, uncle of Mark Antony, expelled from the senate in 70 B.C., colleague with Cicero in the prætorship 66, in the consulship 63; B Bēstia, -ae, m., L. Calpurnius Bes- Brūtus, -ī, m., D. Junius Brutus, *The definition is in italics. C C. Gaius. Caepārius, -I, m., M. Caeparius, of Terracina, one of Catiline's accomplices, executed in 63 B.C. Caesar, -aris, m., (1) C. Julius Caesar, born 100 B.C., held all offices in the gift of the people, member of first triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus, later rival and conqueror of Pompey, soldier, dictator, orator, historian. (2) Lucius Julius Caesar, consul 64 B.C., uncle of Mark Antony. Camers, -ertis, m. and f., Camer tian, an inhabitant of Camirinum in Umbria. Catilina, -ae, m., L. Sergius Catilina, born 108 B.C., of patrician family, leader of the conspiracy, was praetor 68 B.C., propraetor in Africa 67 B.C., candidate for consulship 64 and 63 B.C., slain at the head of a rebellion January, 62 B.C. Catō, -ōnis, m., M. Porcius Cato, surnamed Uticensis because of his suicide at Utica after Caesar's victory over the aristocratic party at Thapsus in 46 B.C.; great-grandson of Cato the Censor; born 95 B.C., tribune 63 B.C.; took the side of Cicero as to the imposition of the death penalty upon the Catilinarian conspirators. Campus, see Martius, Campus Catulus, -1, m, Q. Lutatius Catu Martius. Capitō, -ōnis, m., P. Gabinius Ca pito, a knight and active conspirator with Catiline, one of the five captured and executed in 63 B.C. Capitolium, -i, n., the Capitol, the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in Rome. Capua, -ae, f., Capua, the principal city of Campania in southwestern Italy. Carthaginiensis, -is, m. and f., a Carthaginian. Carthago, -inis, f., Carthage, a powerful city on the northern shore of Africa, the reputed colony of Sidonian Dido; who, when forsaken by Aeneas, vowed for her nation eternal enmity to him and his descendants; a long-time rival of Rome until destroyed by Scipio in 146 B.C. Cassius, -ī, m., L. Cassius Longinus, a senator and one of the chief conspirators. lus, consul 78 B.C., censor 65, a conservative, a respected leader of the senatorial party. Celer, -eris, m., see Metellus Celer. Cethegus, -ī, m., C. Cornelius Cethegus, a senator but a leading member of the conspiracy, executed in 63 B.C. Cicero, -ōnis, m., M. Tullius Cicero, the great Roman orator who led the fight against Catiline, born 106 B.C. at Arpinum, quaestor 75, aedile 69, praetor 66, consul with Antonius 63, banished 58-57, joined Pompey against Caesar in the civil war, pardoned by Caesar, brought before the public in opposition to Mark Antony after Caesar's death, proscribed and assassinated 43. He was more than an orator and a statesman. His philosophical works and general treatises are his greatest contributions. |