stylistic 90

Question 1

si illius diei mentem servare potuisses!

Answer 1

very sarcastic exclamation

Question 2

puerum

Answer 2

context: although Senate announced amnesty for the conspirators, they were afraid to leave their strong position on the Capitoline unless they were guaranteed their safety. They demanded hostages. Antony sent his son by his third wife, Fulvia (Curio’s ex), daughter of Bambalio, and Lepidus sent his son, too. The boys was 18 months old!!!

Question 3

bonum

Answer 3

all adjectives are emphatically placed before the noun they describe

Question 4

magister officii

Answer 4

sarcastic

Question 5

funeri - funus

Answer 5

two words with the same stem, emphasises the idea of death and destruction

Question 6

funus fuit

Answer 6

alliteration of f

hissing sounds - negative

Question 7

sceleratissime

Answer 7

sibilance, hissing sounds, negative
superlative
emphasises cicero’s outrage at the audacity