7. nunc vero, but now (indicating a marked transition). vita, i.e. that you should desire to prolong it (cf. sect. 15). quae nulla, nothing of which: § 346, e (216, e); B. 201, I, b; G. 370, R.2; H.-B. 346, c. necessariis: this word is used of any close relation, as that of kinsman, client, guest, comrade, member of the same order, etc. (see note on necessitudinem, Verr. 1.11, p. 32, l. 3). quid quod, what of this, — that, etc. subsellia: undoubtedly wooden benches brought in for the occasion. consulares: these voted as a class, and probably sat together. Catiline, as a praetorius, no doubt sat in their neighborhood. ferendum [esse] is the pred. of the clause quod . . . reliquerunt.
servi: emphatic, and hence preceding si. injuria, unjustly, wrongfully. carere aspectu, be deprived of the sight of aliquo concederes, would retire somewhere. nunc: opposed to the cont. to fact si, etc. te nihil . . . cogitare, that you think of nothing (depending on judicat). judicat: for tense, see § 466 (276, a); B. 259, 4; G. 230; H. 532, 2 (467, 2); H.-B. 485. auctoritatem, etc.: observe the climax in both nouns and verbs.
quae (i.e. patria)... agit, she thus pleads with you. annis: § 424, b (256,b); B. 231,1; G. 393, R.2; H. 417, I and 2 (379, I); H.-B. 440. sociorum, i.e. the allied cities of the province of Africa, which Catiline had governed as pro-praetor, B.C. 67. neglegandas implies only evasion; evertendas, violence. leges et quaestiones, i.e. in his lawless career both as praetor in Rome and as pro-praetor in Africa. superiora illa, those former crimes of yours. me . . . esse, etc.: this and the two following infin. clauses (Catilinam timeri and nullum videri . . . consilium) are subjects of est ferendum; posse depends on videri. quicquid increpuerit, subj. of integral part; § 593 (342); B. 324, I; G. 663, I; H. 652 (529, ii); H-B. 539. abhorreat (subj. of characteristic), is inconsistent with. hunc . . . eripe, rescue me from, etc. (lit. snatch it from me); § 381(229); B. 188, 2, d; G. 345, R.1; H. 429, 2 (386, 2); 14.-B. 371. ne opprimar: § 515, a (306, a); B. 302,4; G. 595; 11.580 (508, 4); H.-B. 582, I. aliquando, some time or other (implying impatience).
Catiline has offered to give himself into Custody. The Consul bids him depart: the Senators show by their silence their approval of the order. The consul entreats him to leave the city, but he will go only as a declared enemy.
