J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, Select Orations of Cicero, Allen and Greenough's Edition., Third Oration Against Catiline: III. How the Conspiracy was Suppressed. (In L. Catilinam Oratio III.) Before the People, DEC. 3., chapter 7

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pellebam: conative imperf.; cf. p. 127, l. 16 and note.

pertimescendam: observe the intensive force of per.

ille erat, etc.: with this character of Catiline, cf. notes on Cat. 1, 26 (p. 109, l. 23), and ii, 9 (p.117, t 4).

continebatur: for tense, see § 556, a (276, e, N.); G. 569; H. 603 (519, i); H-B. 550, b.

consiliam, ability to plan.

mandarat: for mood and tense, see § 542, 518, b (322, 309, c); B. 287, 2; G. 567; H. 539, 2 (472, 2); H.-B. 577 and footnote I, 579.

depalissem, pushed aside: the image is of averting a crushing weight (molem), just ready to fall.

non ille, etc., i.e. as Cethegus did.

Saturnalia, i.e. so distant a date.

constituisset: the prot. (cont. to fact) is implied in ille; § 521, a (310, a); B. 305, 2; G. 593,3; H. 575, 9 (507, N.7); H.-B. 578, 6.

rei pablicae: dat. after denuntiavisset.

testes: in appos. with both signum and litterae.

qaae: referring to Cicero's success in securing (lit. capturing) the evidence of guilt.

hostis (pred. appos.), as an enemy.

Thanks due to the gods. Signs and omens. Jupiter watches over the city.

Select Orations of. Cicero. Allen and Greenough's Edition. Revised by J. B. Greenough and G. L. Kittredge, with a special vocabulary by J. B. Greenough.

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