In Catilinam 1.9

1.22Quamquam quid loquor?

And yet why do I talk?

1.22tē ut ūlla rēs frangat, tū ut umquam tē corrigās, tū ut ūllam fugam meditēre, tū ut ūllum exsilium cōgitēs?

That anything should break you, that you should ever reform, that you should think of any flight, that you should consider any exile?

Note. Exclamatory questions with ut and the subjunctive: 'That anything should break you!' Cicero rejects the very idea.

1.22Utinam tibi istam mentem dī immortālēs duint!

If only the immortal gods would give you that resolve!

Note. duint: an old present subjunctive of dō (= dent), used in prayers and curses.

1.22tametsī videō, sī meā vōce perterritus īre in exsilium animum indūxeris, quanta tempestās invidiae nōbīs, sī minus in praesēns tempus recentī memoriā scelerum tuōrum, at in posteritātem impendeat.

And yet I see, if you are frightened by my words and make up your mind to go into exile, what a storm of hatred hangs over me, if not at present, while the memory of your crimes is fresh, then in time to come.

Note. Cicero foresees the odium he will bear if Catiline goes into exile and is then thought innocent. quanta … impendeat: an indirect question after videō. sī minus … at: 'if not … at least'.

1.22Sed est tantī, dum modo tua ista sit prīvāta calamitās et ā reī pūblicae perīculīs sēiungātur.

But it is worth it, provided that the disaster is yours alone and kept apart from dangers to the republic.

Note. est tantī: 'it is worth it', genitive of value. dum modo: 'provided that', with the subjunctive.

1.22Sed tū ut vitiīs tuīs commoveāre, ut lēgum poenās pertimēscās, ut temporibus reī pūblicae cēdās nōn est postulandum.

But that you should be moved by your vices, that you should fear the penalties of the laws, that you should yield to the needs of the republic, is too much to ask.

Note. commoveāre = commoveāris. temporibus reī pūblicae: 'the crisis of the republic'.

1.22Neque enim is es, Catilīna, ut tē aut pudor ā turpitūdine aut metus ā perīculō aut ratiō ā furōre revocārit.

For you are not the man, Catiline, whom shame ever called back from disgrace, or fear from danger, or reason from madness.

Note. is … ut: 'the kind of man that …', a result clause of character. revocārit = revocāverit.

1.23Quam ob rem, ut saepe iam dīxī, proficīscere ac, sī mihi inimīcō, ut praedicās, tuō cōnflāre vīs invidiam, rēctā perge in exsilium;

So, as I have often said already, set out, and if you want to stir up hatred against me, your enemy as you call me, go straight into exile;

Note. Cicero's reverse psychology begins: if you want to make me hated, go into exile; if you want to make me glorious, go to Manlius' army.

1.23vix feram sermōnēs hominum, sī id fēceris, vix mōlem istīus invidiae, sī in exsilium iussū cōnsulis īveris, sustinēbō.

I shall hardly bear the talk of men if you do that; I shall hardly bear the weight of that hatred if you go into exile at the consul's command.

1.23Sīn autem servīre meae laudī et glōriae māvīs, ēgredere cum importūnā scelerātōrum manū, cōnfer tē ad Mānlium, concitā perditōs cīvīs, sēcerne tē ā bonīs, īnfer patriae bellum, exsultā impiō latrōciniō, ut ā mē nōn ēiectus ad aliēnōs, sed invītātus ad tuōs īsse videāris.

But if you would rather serve my praise and glory, leave with your savage band of criminals, take yourself off to Manlius, rouse the desperate citizens, separate yourself from the good, make war on your country, revel in your impious banditry, so that you may seem to have gone not driven out by me to strangers but invited to your own.

Note. Manlius was commanding Catiline's army at Faesulae in Etruria. The string of imperatives (ēgredere, cōnfer, concitā, sēcerne, īnfer, exsultā) imitates the rush Cicero wants.

1.24Quamquam quid ego tē invītem, ā quō iam sciam esse praemissōs quī tibi ad forum Aurēlium praestōlārentur armātī, cui sciam pactam et cōnstitūtam cum Mānliō diem, ā quō etiam aquilam illam argenteam quam tibi ac tuīs omnibus cōnfīdō perniciōsam ac fūnestam futūram, cui domī tuae sacrārium scelerātum cōnstitūtum fuit, sciam esse praemissam?

And yet why should I invite you, when I know you have already sent men ahead to wait for you under arms at Forum Aurelium, when I know a day has been fixed and agreed with Manlius, when I know you have even sent ahead that silver eagle, which I trust will prove ruinous and deadly to you and all your men, and for which a criminal shrine was set up in your house?

Note. Forum Aurēlium: a small town on the Via Aurelia, on the way to Etruria. aquilam argenteam: a silver eagle said to have belonged to Marius' army, which Catiline kept in a household shrine; the eagle was the standard of a legion.

1.24Tū ut illā carēre diūtius possīs quam venerārī ad caedem proficīscēns solēbās, ā cuius altāribus saepe istam impiam dexteram ad necem cīvium trānstulistī?

That you should be able to be without it any longer, the eagle you used to worship as you set out to murder, from whose altar you often moved that impious right hand of yours to the killing of citizens?

Note. Tū ut … possīs: another exclamatory ut-question, 'That you should be able …!'. illā: the eagle, ablative with carēre.