Cicero, In Catilinam I, section 1

Question 1

These vocabulary lists / “cards” are generated from the Haverford Bridge Program. Included are all the words, minus some of the most obvious ones.

Words repeated in subsequent chapters will NOT be included.

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Answer 1

Students are urged to observe not only the English translations but also the grammatical details of each word, such as principle parts for verbs, and gender and genitive singular forms for nouns, etc.

Question 2

abūtor abutī abūsus

Answer 2

to abuse (+ abl.)

Question 3

agō agere ēgī āctus

Answer 3

to drive; do; spend, conduct; concern (oneself with a thing); make a proposal (about)

Question 4

arbitror arbitrārī arbitrātus sum

Answer 4

to judge, consider, think

Question 5

audācia audāciae f.

Answer 5

boldness; recklessness, audacity, impudence; courage

Question 6

bonī –ōrum m. pl.

Answer 6

men of substance and social standing

Question 7

capiō capere cēpī captus

Answer 7

to seize, take (up), capture; win

Question 8

Catilīna –ae m.

Answer 8

L. Sergius Catiline, the conspirator

Question 9

concursus concursūs m.

Answer 9

concourse, crowd; encounter; combination; collision, charge, attack

Question 10

coniūrātiō coniūrātiōnis f.

Answer 10

conspiracy, plot, intrigue; alliance; band of conspirators; taking joint oath

Question 11

cōnsilium cōnsiliī n.

Answer 11

deliberation; plan, advice; judgment

Question 12

cōnstringō cōnstringere cōnstrinxī cōnstrictus

Answer 12

to tie up, confine, hinder, make smaller

Question 13

convocō convocāre convocāvī convocātus

Answer 13

to call/bring together; assemble; convoke/convene; summon/muster; collect (thing)

Question 14

effrēnātus –a –um

Answer 14

unbridled, unrestrained

Question 15

ēlūdō ēlūdere ēlūsī ēlūsus

Answer 15

to make sport of, mock

Question 16

etiam

Answer 16

also, even; still

Question 17

fīnis fīnis m.

Answer 17

boundary, end, limit, goal; (pl.) country, territory, land

Question 18

furor furōris m.

Answer 18

madness, rage, fury, frenzy; passionate love

Question 19

habeō habēre habuī habitus

Answer 19

to have, hold; consider

Question 20

iactō iactāre iactāvī iactātus

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to throw away, throw out, throw, jerk about; disturb; boast, discuss

Question 21

īgnōrō īgnōrāre īgnōrāvī īgnōrātus

Answer 21

to not know; be unfamiliar with; disregard; ignore; be ignorant of

Question 22

iste ista istud

Answer 22

that (of yours); those (of yours) (emphatic and often contemptuous)

Question 23

locus locī m. or loca locōrum n. pl.

Answer 23

place, region, part; passage (in a piece of writing)

Question 24

moveō movēre mōvī mōtus

Answer 24

to set in motion, stir (up), move

Question 25

mūniō mūnīre mūnīvī mūnītus

Answer 25

to fortify; strengthen; protect, defend, safeguard; build (road)

Question 26

nihil or nīl n.

Answer 26

nothing

Question 27

nocturnus –a –um

Answer 27

nocturnal

Question 28

ōs ōris n.

Answer 28

mouth; face

Question 29

Palātium –ī n.

Answer 29

the Palatine hill

Question 30

pateō patēre patuī

Answer 30

to stand open, be open; extend; be well known; lie open, be accessible

Question 31

patientia patientiae f.

Answer 31

patience, tolerance, endurance

Question 32

praesidium praesidi(ī) n.

Answer 32

guard, protection, security, garrison

Question 33

prope propius proximē

Answer 33

nearly, almost/nearest, next, immediately following; prep. + acc.

Question 34

quamdiū or quam diū

Answer 34

(for) how long; as long as

Question 35

quis quid

Answer 35

who, what

Question 36

quoūsque or quō ūsque

Answer 36

until what time, till when, how long

Question 37

scientia scientiae f.

Answer 37

knowledge, science; skill

Question 38

senātus senātūs m.

Answer 38

senate

Question 39

sentiō sentīre sēnsī sēnsus

Answer 39

to perceive; feel

Question 40

suī sibi sē sē

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himself, herself, itself (reflexive)

Question 41

superus –a –um

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above, high; higher, upper, of this world; greatest, last, highest; (masc. pl. as subst.) the gods

Question 42

tandem

Answer 42

finally, at last; in questions and commands, pray, I ask you, then

Question 43

teneō tenēre tenuī tentus

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to hold, grasp; keep possess; occupy

Question 44

timor timōris m.

Answer 44

fear

Question 45

ubī

Answer 45

where, when; (adv. of place and time; relat.), where; (indefinite), wheresoever; (interrog.), where; (of time), when; whenever; as soon as; in comparison

Question 46

urbs urbis f.

Answer 46

city

Question 47

videō vidēre vidī vīsus

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to see; (passive) be seen, seem

Question 48

vigilia vigiliae f.

Answer 48

nightwatch, vigilance

Question 49

vultus vultūs m.

Answer 49

expression; face

Question 50

–ne

Answer 50

(added to the first word of a question); whether

Question 51

–que

Answer 51

and; both…and