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occurebat ei
it occurred to him
praeturam…suam
that his own praetorship
futuram
would be
mancam
crippled
ac debilem
and feeble
consule Milone
if Milo was consul
porro
furthermore
eum…videbat
he saw him
consulem fieri
being made consul
summo consensu populi Romani
with the greatest support of the Roman people
contulit se
he took himself off
ad eius competitores
to his [Milo’s] competitors
sed ita…ut
but in such a way that
solus…gubernaret
he alone steered
ipse…totam…petitionem
the whole election campaign himself
etiam invitis illis
even if those men were reluctant
(ita…)ut
in such a way that (repeat ita from before)
sustineret
he supported
tota…comitia
the whole election
ut dictitabat
as he kept on saying
suis…umeris
on his own shoulders
convocabat
he summoned
tribus
the tribes
se interponebat
he made himself the go-between
conscribebat
he enrolled
Collinam novam
a new Colline tribe
dilectu
by the selection
perditissimorum civium
of the most depraved citizens
quanto…tanto
the more…the more
ille plura miscebat
that one caused greater confusion
hic magis…convalescebat
this one grew in power
in dies
each day
ubi…homo
when that man
paratissimus
most prepared
ad omne facinus
for every atrocity
fortissimum virum
this most brave man
inimicissimum suum
his greatest enemy
certissimum consulem
a most certain consul
idque intellexit
and he understood that it
saepe esse declaratum
had often been declared
non solum sermonibus…populi Romani
not only by the conversations of the Roman people
sed etiam suffragiis
but also by their votes
palam agere coepit
he began to act openly
et aperte dicere
and to say without secrecy
occidendum Milonem
that Milo must be slain
