Cicero, In Catilinam 1, section 3

Question 1

ācer ācris ācre

Answer 1

sharp, keen; fierce

Question 2

acerbus –a –um

Answer 2

bitter; harsh

Question 3

Ahala –ae f.

Answer 3

the cognomen of C. Servilius Ahala, magister equitum in 440 BCE, who killed Spurius Maelius

Question 4

amplus –a –um

Answer 4

great, large, spacious, wide, ample; distinguished, important, honorable, generous

Question 5

an

Answer 5

introduces an alternative question, or; introduces an Indirect Question, whether, if

Question 6

apertē

Answer 6

frankly, openly

Question 7

atque or ac

Answer 7

and in addition, or and besides; and, as well, and indeed; freq.; even; (in comparisons) as; than; repeated, atque — atque, both — and

Question 8

coerceō coercēre coercuī coercitus

Answer 8

to enclose, confine; restrain, check, curb, repress; limit; preserve; punish; keep in order, control

Question 9

cōnsultum cōnsultī n.

Answer 9

decree, decision

Question 10

cupiō cupere cupiī/cupīvī cupītus

Answer 10

to wish/long/be eager for; desire/want, covet; desire as a lover; favor, wish well

Question 11

dēsum deesse defuī

Answer 11

to be wanting/lacking; fail/miss; abandon/desert, neglect; be away/absent/missing

Question 12

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

Answer 12

to say, speak, tell

Question 13

C.

Answer 13

Abbreviation of praenomen Gaius (in archaic spelling)

Question 14

Gracchus –ī m.

Answer 14

Gracchus, the name of a Roman family in the gens Sempronia, especially Tiberius and Gains

Question 15

gravis grave

Answer 15

heavy, deep; important, serious; severe (sluggish, not digesting properly); intense

Question 16

incendium incendi(ī) n.

Answer 16

fire, conflagration; fiery heat; fiery passion/love/hostility; arson (Latham); incendiary missile; meteor; P:flames (pl.) [annonae ~ => high price of grain]

Question 17

interficiō interficere interfēcī interfectus

Answer 17

to kill

Question 18

labefactō labefactāre labefactāvī labefactātus

Answer 18

to make unsteady, weaken

Question 19

Maelius –iī m.

Answer 19

Spurius Maelius, a wealthy plebeian accused of aiming at kingship and killed by C. Servilius Ahala in 440 BCE

Question 20

manus manūs f.

Answer 20

hand; band, troop; grappling hook; in manibus: in hands, i.e. published; manūs dare: surrender

Question 21

mediocriter

Answer 21

moderately

Question 22

nam

Answer 22

for

Question 23

nimis

Answer 23

very much; too much; exceedingly

Question 24

occīdō occīdere occīdī occīsum

Answer 24

to strike down, strike to the ground; kill; ruin; plague; to beat, smash, crush

Question 25

orbis orbis m.

Answer 25

circle, orb; a circular path, circuit

Question 26

ōrdō ōrdinis m.

Answer 26

row, order/rank; succession; series; class; bank (oars); order (of monks)

Question 27

perferō perferre pertulī perlātus

Answer 27

to suffer, endure; report

Question 28

perniciōsus –a –um

Answer 28

destructive, ruinous

Question 29

pontifex pontificis m.

Answer 29

priest

Question 30

praetereō praeterīre praeterīvī/praeteriī praeteritus

Answer 30

to pass/go by; disregard/neglect/omit/miss; surpass/excel; go overdue; pass over

Question 31

prīvātus –a –um

Answer 31

private; personal; ordinary

Question 32

P.

Answer 32

abbreviation of praenomen Publius

Question 33

quam

Answer 33

than; as, how; (+ superlative) as…as possible

Question 34

quod

Answer 34

because, the fact that

Question 35

quondam

Answer 35

formerly, once, at one time; some day, hereafter; on one occasion; at times, on occasion

Question 36

rēs reī f.

Answer 36

thing; property; matter, affair; activity; situation; rēs pūblica: the state, the commonwealth; rēs novae: revolution; rēs gestae: deeds, achievements (esp. in a memoir, etc.)

Question 37

Scīpiō Scīpiōnis m.

Answer 37

a cognomen of the Cornelii, here P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica, who led the group of senators who killed Tiberius Gracchus in 133 BCE

Question 38

Servilius –iī m.

Answer 38

the nomen of C. Servilius Ahala, magister equitum in 440 BCE, who killed Spurius Maelius

Question 39

Sp.

Answer 39

Abbreviation of praenomen Spurius

Question 40

status statūs m.

Answer 40

position, situation, condition; rank; standing, status

Question 41

studeō studēre studuī

Answer 41

to desire, be eager for; busy oneself with; strive

Question 42

supplicium supplici(ī) n.

Answer 42

punishment, suffering; supplication; torture

Question 43

suus –a –um

Answer 43

his (own), her (own), its (own); their (own)

Question 44

Ti.

Answer 44

Abbreviation of praenomen Tiberius

Question 45

ut or utī

Answer 45

in order that (introduces purpose clause); as, like; when; (introduces indirect command) that; (introduces negative fear clause) that…not; (interregotative) how?; (rel. adverb) to what extent

Question 46

vāstō vāstāre vāstāvī vāstātus

Answer 46

to lay waste, ravage

Question 47

vehemēns

Answer 47

violent, severe, vehement; emphatic, vigorous, lively

Question 48

virtūs virtūtis f.

Answer 48

manliness, courage; excellence, virtue