In Catilinam 1.3

1.6Etenim quid est, Catilīna, quod iam amplius exspectēs, sī neque nox tenebrīs obscūrāre coetūs nefāriōs nec prīvāta domus parietibus continēre vōcēs coniūrātiōnis tuae potest, sī inlūstrantur, sī ērumpunt omnia?

For what is there, Catiline, that you can still be waiting for, if neither night can hide your wicked meetings in darkness nor a private house keep the voices of your conspiracy within its walls, if everything is brought to light and bursts out?

Note. Etenim: 'for indeed'. The sī clauses list why Catiline has nothing left to hope for: night and walls can no longer hide his plotting.

1.6Mūtā iam istam mentem, mihi crēde, oblīvīscere caedis atque incendiōrum.

Change that mind of yours now, believe me; forget slaughter and fire.

Note. oblīvīscere: imperative of the deponent oblīvīscor, which takes the genitive (caedis, incendiōrum). mihi crēde: 'trust me'.

1.6Tenēris undique;

You are caught on every side;

1.6lūce sunt clāriōra nōbīs tua cōnsilia omnia, quae iam mēcum licet recognōscās.

all your plans are clearer to us than daylight, and you may now go over them with me.

Note. lūce clāriōra: 'clearer than daylight', ablative of comparison. licet recognōscās: licet is often followed by a bare subjunctive, 'you may go over'.

1.7Meministīne mē ante diem XII Kalendās Novembrīs dīcere in senātū fore in armīs certō diē, quī diēs futūrus esset ante diem VI Kal. Novembrīs, C. Mānlium, audāciae satellitem atque administrum tuae?

Do you remember that I said in the senate on the 21st of October that Gaius Manlius, the henchman and servant of your recklessness, would be in arms on a certain day, and that day would be the 27th of October?

Note. Roman dates count back to the Kalends (1st), Nones and Ides of each month. ante diem XII Kalendās Novembrīs is the 12th day before 1 November, counting both ends: 21 October. ante diem VI Kal. Nov. is 27 October. In 63 B.C. Cicero had told the senate that Manlius would take up arms on 27 October, and he did.

1.7Num mē fefellit, Catilīna, nōn modo rēs tanta tam atrōx tamque incrēdibilis, vērum, id quod multō magis est admīrandum, diēs?

Was I mistaken, Catiline, not only in a thing so great, so savage and so incredible, but, what is far more remarkable, in the day?

Note. Num mē fefellit …?: 'Surely I was not mistaken…?' Cicero boasts that his information was right even about the exact day.

1.7Dīxī ego īdem in senātū caedem tē optimātium contulisse in ante diem V Kalendās Novembrīs, tum cum multī prīncipēs cīvitātis Rōmā nōn tam suī cōnservandī quam tuōrum cōnsiliōrum reprimendōrum causā profūgērunt.

I also said in the senate that you had set the massacre of the leading men for the 28th of October, when many of the chief men of the state fled from Rome, not so much to save themselves as to check your plans.

Note. ante diem V Kalendās Novembrīs: 28 October, the day Catiline had set for killing the leading men (optimātēs). suī cōnservandī … causā: gerundive with causā, 'for the sake of saving themselves'.

1.7Num īnfitiārī potes tē illō ipsō diē meīs praesidiīs, meā dīligentiā circumclūsum commovēre tē contrā rem pūblicam nōn potuisse, cum tū discessū cēterōrum nostrā tamen quī remānsissēmus caede contentum tē esse dīcēbās?

Can you deny that on that very day, hemmed in by my guards and my watchfulness, you were unable to make a move against the state, when you kept saying that, though the others had gone, you were content with the slaughter of us who had stayed?

Note. Num īnfitiārī potes …?: num expects 'no': 'you can't deny, can you…?'. quī remānsissēmus: subjunctive because it reports Catiline's own words ('us who had stayed').

1.8Quid?

What then?

Note. Quid?: 'What then?', a quick transition before a new point; common in Cicero's speeches.

1.8cum tē Praeneste Kalendīs ipsīs Novembribus occupātūrum nocturnō impetū esse cōnfīderēs, sēnsistīn illam colōniam meō iussū meīs praesidiīs, custōdiīs, vigiliīs esse mūnītam?

When you were confident that you would seize Praeneste in a night attack on the 1st of November itself, did you notice that the town had been fortified on my orders with my garrisons, guards and watches?

Note. Praeneste, a strong hill town east of Rome, was to be seized on 1 November. sēnsistīn = sēnsistīne, 'did you perceive?'. occupātūrum … esse: future infinitive in indirect statement after cōnfīderēs.

1.8Nihil agis, nihil mōlīris, nihil cōgitās quod nōn ego nōn modo audiam sed etiam videam plānēque sentiam.

You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think nothing that I do not just hear but also see and clearly perceive.

Note. nōn modo … sed etiam: 'not only … but also'. The verbs climb from hearing to seeing to perceiving.