Cicero, In Catilinam I, section 4

Question 1

aciēs acieī f.

Answer 1

sharp edge; keennes; battle line

Question 2

at or ast

Answer 2

but, but on the other hand; on the contrary; while, whereas; but yet; at least

Question 3

avus avī m.

Answer 3

grandfather; forefather, ancestor

Question 4

clārus –a –um

Answer 4

bright, clear; famous, distinguished

Question 5

clēmēns –entis

Answer 5

merciful, lenient

Question 6

condemnō condemnāre condemnāvī condemnātus

Answer 6

to condemn, sentence

Question 7

cōnfestim

Answer 7

immediately

Question 8

cōnfīrmō –āre

Answer 8

to strengthen, develop, build up (w/troops); make secure/firm; reassure; secure; assert positively; declare, prove, confirm, support; sanction; encourage

Question 9

cōnscrībō cōnscrībere cōnscrīpsī cōnscrīptus

Answer 9

to enroll, write

Question 10

cōnsulāris cōnsulāris cōnsulāre

Answer 10

consular, of/proper to a consul; of a consular rank; proposed/governed by consul

Question 11

conveniō convenīre convēnī conventus

Answer 11

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)

Question 12

dēcernō dēcernere dēcrēvī dēcrētus

Answer 12

to decide/settle/determine/resolve; decree/declare/ordain; judge; vote for/contend

Question 13

dēpōnō dēpōnere dēposuī dēpositus

Answer 13

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

Question 14

dētrīmentum dētrīmentī n.

Answer 14

harm, damage

Question 15

dissolūtus –a –um

Answer 15

loose, lax, weak

Question 16

enim

Answer 16

in fact, indeed; for (suggests that what comes next explains what has just been said)

Question 17

Fulvius –ī m.

Answer 17

Fulvius

Question 18

hebēscō hebēscere

Answer 18

to grow blunt

Question 19

inclūdō inclūdere inclūsī inclūsus

Answer 19

to shut up/in, imprison, enclose; include

Question 20

inertia inertiae f.

Answer 20

want of art, unskilfulness, ignorance, rudeness; inactivity, idleness, laziness

Question 21

intercēdō intercēdere intercessī intercessus

Answer 21

to go between, intervene

Question 22

līberī līberōrum m. pl.

Answer 22

children

Question 23

L.

Answer 23

Abbreviation for the praenomen Lucius

Question 24

maiōrēs maiōrum m.pl.

Answer 24

ancestors; elders, adults

Question 25

M.

Answer 25

Abbreviation for the praenomen Marcus

Question 26

Marius –iī m.

Answer 26

a nomen; esp. C. Marius, the famous general (d. 86 BCE)

Question 27

modus modī m.

Answer 27

measure; limit; rhythm, meter; manner, way; (eius modi) of that kind

Question 28

nēquitia nēquitiae f.

Answer 28

depravity

Question 29

num

Answer 29

introduces a direct question expecting the answer "no"; (introduces an Indirect Question) whether

Question 30

Opīmius –ī m.

Answer 30

L. Opimius (consul 121 BCE) crushed the rebellion of C. Gracchus

Question 31

patior patī passus sum

Answer 31

to experience, suffer, endure; permit, allow

Question 32

permittō permittere permīsī permissus

Answer 32

to let through; let go through; relinquish; permit, allow; entrust; hurl

Question 33

poena poenae f.

Answer 33

punishment, penalty

Question 34

posteā

Answer 34

afterwards

Question 35

praetor praetoris m.

Answer 35

praetor (official elected by the Romans who served as a judge); abb. pr.

Question 36

propter

Answer 36

on account of, because of (+ acc.)

Question 37

quīdam quaedam quiddam

Answer 37

a certain person, a certain thing

Question 38

quis quid after sī nisī ne or num

Answer 38

anyone, anything, someone, something

Question 39

recondō recondere recondidī reconditus

Answer 39

to put up again, put back, lay up, put away, hoard, shut up, close, hide, conceal, bury

Question 40

remoror remorārī remorātus

Answer 40

to delay, keep waiting

Question 41

Sāturnīnus –ī m.

Answer 41

L. Appuleius Saturinus, popularis tribune killed in 100 BCE

Question 42

sēditiō sēditiōnis f.

Answer 42

dissension, revolt

Question 43

similis simile

Answer 43

similar (+ gen. or dat.)

Question 44

suspīciō suspiciōnis f.

Answer 44

suspicion; mistrust

Question 45

tabula tabulae f.

Answer 45

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

Question 46

tamquam

Answer 46

as, just as, just as if; as it were, so to speak; as much as; so as

Question 47

tantus –a –um

Answer 47

so much, so great, of such size; [tantus ... quantus => as much ... as]

Question 48

tribūnus tribūnī m.

Answer 48

tribune; a tribunus plebis held political office in Rome; a tribunus militis was an army officer

Question 49

vāgīna –ae f.

Answer 49

a scabbard, sheath

Question 50

Valerius –iī m.

Answer 50

Valerius (a Roman nomen gentile); L. Valerius Flaccus was consul with Marius in 100 BCE

Question 51

vērum

Answer 51

but indeed, but yet, yet, but

Question 52

vīgintī; vīcēsimus –a –um

Answer 52

20; 20th