Cicero, In Catilinam I, section 4 Flashcards
aciēs acieī f.
sharp edge; keennes; battle line
at or ast
but, but on the other hand; on the contrary; while, whereas; but yet; at least
avus avī m.
grandfather; forefather, ancestor
clārus –a –um
bright, clear; famous, distinguished
clēmēns –entis
merciful, lenient
condemnō condemnāre condemnāvī condemnātus
to condemn, sentence
cōnfestim
immediately
cōnfīrmō –āre
to strengthen, develop, build up (w/troops); make secure/firm; reassure; secure; assert positively; declare, prove, confirm, support; sanction; encourage
cōnscrībō cōnscrībere cōnscrīpsī cōnscrīptus
to enroll, write
cōnsulāris cōnsulāris cōnsulāre
consular, of/proper to a consul; of a consular rank; proposed/governed by consul
conveniō convenīre convēnī conventus
to be appropriate to, fit, be correctly shaped/consistent; harmonize, agree, tally; meet/assemble; go to meet; come together; (have sex); converge; visit/approach; resort to; sue, prosecute, take legal action; be agreed upon/arranged (PASS)
dēcernō dēcernere dēcrēvī dēcrētus
to decide/settle/determine/resolve; decree/declare/ordain; judge; vote for/contend
dēpōnō dēpōnere dēposuī dēpositus
to put/lay down/aside/away; let drop/fall; give up; resign; deposit/entrust/commit; lift off; take off (clothes); have (hair/beard/nails) cut; shed (tusks); pull down, demolish; plant (seedlings); set up, place; lay to rest; fire
dētrīmentum dētrīmentī n.
harm, damage
dissolūtus –a –um
loose, lax, weak
enim
in fact, indeed; for (suggests that what comes next explains what has just been said)
Fulvius –ī m.
Fulvius
hebēscō hebēscere
to grow blunt
inclūdō inclūdere inclūsī inclūsus
to shut up/in, imprison, enclose; include
inertia inertiae f.
want of art, unskilfulness, ignorance, rudeness; inactivity, idleness, laziness
intercēdō intercēdere intercessī intercessus
to go between, intervene
līberī līberōrum m. pl.
children
L.
Abbreviation for the praenomen Lucius
maiōrēs maiōrum m.pl.
ancestors; elders, adults
M.
Abbreviation for the praenomen Marcus
Marius –iī m.
a nomen; esp. C. Marius, the famous general (d. 86 BCE)
modus modī m.
measure; limit; rhythm, meter; manner, way; (eius modi) of that kind
nēquitia nēquitiae f.
depravity
num
introduces a direct question expecting the answer “no”; (introduces an Indirect Question) whether
Opīmius –ī m.
L. Opimius (consul 121 BCE) crushed the rebellion of C. Gracchus
patior patī passus sum
to experience, suffer, endure; permit, allow
permittō permittere permīsī permissus
to let through; let go through; relinquish; permit, allow; entrust; hurl
poena poenae f.
punishment, penalty
posteā
afterwards
praetor praetoris m.
praetor (official elected by the Romans who served as a judge); abb. pr.
propter
on account of, because of (+ acc.)
quīdam quaedam quiddam
a certain person, a certain thing
quis quid after sī nisī ne or num
anyone, anything, someone, something
recondō recondere recondidī reconditus
to put up again, put back, lay up, put away, hoard, shut up, close, hide, conceal, bury
remoror remorārī remorātus
to delay, keep waiting
Sāturnīnus –ī m.
L. Appuleius Saturinus, popularis tribune killed in 100 BCE
sēditiō sēditiōnis f.
dissension, revolt
similis simile
similar (+ gen. or dat.)
suspīciō suspiciōnis f.
suspicion; mistrust
tabula tabulae f.
writing tablet (wax covered board); records (pl.); document, deed, will; list; plank/board, flat piece of wood; door panel; counting/playing/notice board; picture, painting; wood panel for painting; metal/stone tablet/panel w/text
tamquam
as, just as, just as if; as it were, so to speak; as much as; so as
tantus –a –um
so much, so great, of such size; [tantus … quantus => as much … as]
tribūnus tribūnī m.
tribune; a tribunus plebis held political office in Rome; a tribunus militis was an army officer
vāgīna –ae f.
a scabbard, sheath
Valerius –iī m.
Valerius (a Roman nomen gentile); L. Valerius Flaccus was consul with Marius in 100 BCE
vērum
but indeed, but yet, yet, but
vīgintī; vīcēsimus –a –um
20; 20th
