Cicero Denounces Cataline

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?  Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet?  Quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia?  Nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palati, Nihil urbis vigiliae, Nihil timor populi, nihil concursus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus locus, nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt?  Patere tua consiliua non sentis?  Constrictam iam omnium horum scientia teneri conjurationem tuam non vides? Quid porxima, quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consili ceperis, quem nostrum ignorare arbitraries?

O tempora!  O mores!  Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit, Vivit? Immo vert etiam in senatum venit, fit publici consili particepts notat et designat oculis ad vaedem unum quemque nostrum.  Nos, autem, fortes viri, satis facere rei publicae videmur si istius furorem ac tela vitamus.  Ad mortem te, Catilina, duci jussu consulis iam pridem oportebat, in te conferri pestem quam tu in nos machinaris…….

Habemus senatus consultum in te, Catilina, vehemens et grave.  Non deest rei publicae consilium, neque auctoritas huius ordinid; nos, nos, dico  aperte, consules desumus….At nos vicesimum iam diem patimur hebescere aciem horum auctoritatis.  Habemus enim eius modi senatus consultum…..quo ex senatus consulto confestim te interfectum esse, Catilina, convenit.  Vivis, et vivis non ad deponendam, sed ad confirmantantis rei publicae periculis me non dissolutum videri, sed iam me ipse inertiae nequitiaeque condemno.

Vocabulary

Quo usque..How far                                         abuteris + ablative  abuse

Furor oris m madness                                       eludo ere elusi elusum mock elude

Quem ad finem = ad quem finem                       effrenatus a um  unbridled

Iacto 1^st toss about                                           audacia ae f boldness

Nihil strong                                                       non not at all

Nocturnes a um nightly                          praesidium ii n guard

Palatium I n the Palatine Hill                              vigilia ae f watch, watchmen

Concursus us m gathering                                  munitus a um fortified

Constringo ere strinxi bind, curb                        conjuration conjurationis f conspiracy

Proximus a um nearest                          superiore nocte the night before that

Ignoro 1^st be ignorant, not know                       particeps cipis m participant

Noto 1^st mark out, note                                    designo 1^st mark out, designate

Caedes is f slaughter                                         telum I weapon

Jussu by or at the command of              pridem long ago

Pestis pestis f plague                                         machinor 1^st contrive

Consultum I n decree                                        vehemens entis vehemently

De+sum be wanting, to fail + dat                       auctoritas taatis f authority

Ordo ordinis m order                                        aperte openly

Vicesimus a um twentieth                                  hebesco ere grow dull

Acies ei f a sharp edge                          eius modi in accordance with

Confestim at once                                             convenit it is fitting

De+pono put aside                                           confirmo 1^st strengthen

Patres conscripti senators                                  Clemens entis merciful

Dissolutus a um lax                                           inertia ae f inactivity

Nequitia ae worthlessness                                 condemno 1^st condemn