Cicero's "First Catilinarian Oration" (Lines 35-73) Vocabulary Unit 2

acies, -ei, f.

sharpness, edge

confirmo, confirmare, confirmavi, confirmatus

to strengthen, assert

consultum, -i, n.

decree, resolution

convenio, -ire, -veni, -ventum (impersonal use)

it is fitting, proper

includo, -ere, -clusi, -clusum

to shut in, shut up, enclose

modus, -i, m.

type, manner

recondo, -ere, -condidi, -conditum

to hide, conceal

tabula, -ae, f.

tablet; pl. (public) records

verum (conjunction)

but

comprehendo, -ere, -prehendi, -prehensum

to seize; to arrest

condemno, condemnare, condemnavi, condemnatus

to find (accusative) guilty of (genitive)

patres conscripti

enrolled fathers, senators

cotidie (adverb)

daily, every day

cresco, -ere, crevi, cretum

to grow, increase

iam pridem (adv.)

long ago, for a long time now

moenia, -ium, n.pl.

ramparts, walls of a city, defenses

molior, moliri, molitus sum

to try, attempt

vereor, -eri, veritus sum

to fear, be afraid

adhuc (adverb)

still, up to this point

audeo, audere, ausus sum

to dare

auris, -is, f.

ear

caedes, -is, f.

slaughter, murder

commoveo, -ere, -movi, -motum

to move, rouse

custodio, -ire, -ivi, -itum

to guard, watch over

erumpo, -ere, -rupi, -ruptum

to break out, rush out

exspecto, exspectare, exspectavi, exspectatus

to wait for, await, expect

improbus, -a, -um

wicked, shameless, immoral

incendium, -i, n.

fire, pl. arson

licet, licere, licuit

it is permitted, it is allowed

nefarius, -a, -um

unspeakable, wicked

obliviscor, -i, oblitus sum (+genitive)

to forget

oculus, -i, m.

eye

paries, parietis, m.

wall (of a house or room)

perditus, -a, -um

lost, corrupt, depraved

recognosco, -ere, -cognovi, -cognitum

to recall, recount, review

sicut

just as

tenebrae, -arum, f.pl.

darkness

undique (adverb)

from all sides, on all sides

ut (with indicative mood)

as, when

admiror, admirari, admiratus sum

to wonder at, admire

ceteri, -ae, -a

the rest, the others, all the others, everybody else

confero, -ferre, -tuli, collatum

to assign

confido, -ere, -fisus sum

to trust, be confident

contentus, -a, -um

content, satisfied

diligentia, -ae, f.

attention, energy, diligence

fallo, -ere, fefelli, falsum

to deceive

impetus, -us, m.

attack, assault

magis (adverb)

more

memini, meminisse (defective)

to remember

reprimo, -ere, -pressi, -pressum

to restrain, check

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