J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, Select Orations of Cicero, Allen and Greenough's Edition., First Oration against Catiline, chapter 10, section 25

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rapiebat: § 471, b (277, b); B. 260, 4; H-B. 485; the imperf. is used instead of the pres. because the action is conceived of as ceasing at the moment when Cicero discovered the plot.

haec res, i.e. leaving the city as an enemy and taking up arms.

non modo, to say nothing of: § 327, I (209, a, I); B. 347, 2; G. 445; H. 656, 2 (553, 2); H.-B. 298, 2, a.

atque connects perditis and derelictis; ab connects fortuna and spe with derelictis.

conflatam, run together (like molten metal).

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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