Sallust, Bellum Catilinae 32

Question 1

cōnfīrmō –āre

Answer 1

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

Question 2

factiō –ōnis f.

Answer 2

faction; band, company

Question 3

lēgātus lēgātī m.

Answer 3

legate, envoy; lieutenant

Question 4

legiō legiōnis f.

Answer 4

legion

Question 5

mandātum –ī n.

Answer 5

order, comission

Question 6

Mānliānus –a –um

Answer 6

of C. Manlius (the supporter of Catiline)

Question 7

numerus numerī m.

Answer 7

number, amount; body, collection, class; a measure (of verse)

Question 8

prope-diem

Answer 8

at an early day,very soon,shortly

Question 9

prōripiō –ere –ripuī –reptus

Answer 9

to snatch forth; w. pers. pron. expressed or understood, rush forth, hasten away (> pro and rapio)

Question 10

volvō volvere voluī volūtum

Answer 10

to turn, roll; roll over in the mind, ponder