Against Catiline I
Cicero, In Catilinam I
Before the senate, Cicero confronts Catiline to his face and drives him out of Rome. 63 BC. 13 sections, 186 sentences, each with an English translation.
Read it with every word glossed and parsed, and keep your place.
Read in LectitōContents
- Chapter 1How long, Catiline?Quō usque tandem abūtēre, Catilīna, patientiā nostrā?
- Chapter 2Precedents, and a sword left in its sheathDēcrēvit quondam senātus utī L. Opīmius cōnsul vidēret nē quid rēs pūblica…
- Chapter 3Your plans are knownEtenim quid est, Catilīna, quod iam amplius exspectēs, sī neque nox tenebrīs…
- Chapter 4The night at Laeca's houseRecognōsce mēcum tandem noctem illam superiōrem;
- Chapter 5Leave the cityQuae cum ita sint, Catilīna, perge quō coepistī: ēgredere aliquandō ex urbe;
- Chapter 6A life of disgraceQuid est, Catilīna?
- Chapter 7Shunned by all, hated by your countryNunc vērō quae tua est ista vīta?
- Chapter 8Who would take you into custody?Haec sī tēcum, ut dīxī, patria loquātur, nōnne impetrāre dēbeat, etiam sī vim…
- Chapter 9You will never change: go to ManliusQuamquam quid loquor?
- Chapter 10Made for this lifeĪbis tandem aliquandō quō tē iam prīdem tua ista cupiditās effrēnāta ac furiōsa…
- Chapter 11The country speaks to CiceroNunc, ut ā mē, patrēs cōnscrīptī, quandam prope iūstam patriae querimōniam…
- Chapter 12Why Catiline is let goHīs ego sānctissimīs reī pūblicae vōcibus et eōrum hominum quī hoc idem…
- Chapter 13A plague in the veins of the state; prayer to JupiterEtenim iam diū, patrēs cōnscrīptī, in hīs perīculīs coniūrātiōnis īnsidiīsque…
Cicero, In Catilinam I. Latin text: A. C. Clark, M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes (Oxford, 1908), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: LatinCy, then every word checked and corrected by hand. Vocabulary: F. Ritchie (1903, public domain) and entries written for this app. English translation, notes and grammar hints: written for this app.