In Catilinam 4.3

4.5Haec omnia indicēs dētulērunt, reī cōnfessī sunt, vōs multīs iam iūdiciīs iūdicāvistis, prīmum quod mihi grātiās ēgistis singulāribus verbīs et meā virtūte atque dīligentiā perditōrum hominum coniūrātiōnem patefactam esse dēcrēvistis, deinde quod P. Lentulum sē abdicāre praetūrā coēgistis;

All this the informers have reported, the accused have confessed, and you have already passed judgement on it in many decisions: first, because you thanked me in exceptional words and decreed that the conspiracy of desperate men had been exposed by my courage and diligence; next, because you compelled Publius Lentulus to resign his praetorship;

Note. rei here is the nominative plural of reus, 'the accused', not of rēs. The sentence lists the senate's earlier decisions: primum quod … deinde quod … tum quod … postrēmō.

4.5tum quod eum et cēterōs dē quibus iūdicāstis in custōdiam dandōs cēnsuistis, maximēque quod meō nōmine supplicātiōnem dēcrēvistis, quī honōs togātō habitus ante mē est nēminī;

then, because you voted that he and the others on whom you had passed judgement should be put in custody; and above all, because you decreed a thanksgiving in my name, an honour granted to no civilian before me;

Note. supplicātiō: a public thanksgiving to the gods, normally voted to a victorious general. togātus, 'wearing the toga', means a civilian: Cicero was the first to receive this honour for a success not won in war. iūdicāstis = iūdicāvistis.

4.5postrēmō hesternō diē praemia lēgātīs Allobrogum Titōque Volturciō dedistis amplissima.

finally, because yesterday you gave very generous rewards to the envoys of the Allobroges and to Titus Volturcius.

Note. The envoys of the Allobroges (a Gallic people) had been approached by the conspirators and handed over the letters that proved the plot. Volturcius was caught with them and turned informer.

4.5Quae sunt omnia eius modī ut eī quī in custōdiam nōminātim datī sunt sine ūllā dubitātiōne ā vōbīs damnātī esse videantur.

All these things are of such a kind that the men who have been put in custody by name seem to have been condemned by you without any hesitation.

4.6Sed ego īnstituī referre ad vōs, patrēs cōnscrīptī, tamquam integrum, et dē factō quid iūdicētis et dē poenā quid cēnseātis.

But I have decided to refer the matter to you, members of the senate, as if it were still open: both what you judge about the deed and what you propose about the penalty.

Note. Cicero is the presiding consul: he 'refers' the question to the senate (referre ad senātum) and asks each senator in turn for his sententia. tamquam integrum: 'as though the matter were still undecided'.

4.6Illa praedīcam quae sunt cōnsulis.

I will first say what belongs to a consul to say.

Note. praedīcam: future of praedīcō, 'I will say first'. quae sunt cōnsulis: predicative genitive, 'what belongs to the consul'.

4.6Ego magnum in rē pūblicā versārī furōrem et nova quaedam miscērī et concitārī mala iam prīdem vidēbam, sed hanc tantam, tam exitiōsam habērī coniūrātiōnem ā cīvibus numquam putāvī.

I had long seen that a great madness was at work in the republic and that some new evils were being brewed and stirred up, but I never thought that so great and so deadly a conspiracy was being formed by citizens.

4.6Nunc quicquid est, quōcumque vestrae mentēs inclīnant atque sententiae, statuendum vōbīs ante noctem est.

Now, whatever it is, whichever way your minds and opinions lean, you must decide before nightfall.

Note. statuendum vōbīs … est: a passive periphrastic, 'it must be decided by you'. The senate met only by daylight, so a decision had to come before night.

4.6Quantum facinus ad vōs dēlātum sit vidētis.

You see how great a crime has been reported to you.

4.6Huic sī paucōs putātis adfīnīs esse, vehementer errātis.

If you think that only a few are implicated in it, you are badly mistaken.

Note. adfīnis (= affīnis) + dative: 'implicated in'. Huic refers to the crime just mentioned.

4.6Lātius opīniōne dissēminātum est hoc malum;

This evil has spread more widely than anyone thinks;

4.6mānāvit nōn sōlum per Ītaliam vērum etiam trānscendit Alpīs et obscūrē serpēns multās iam prōvinciās occupāvit.

it has seeped not only through Italy but has even crossed the Alps and, creeping on unseen, has already taken hold of many provinces.

4.6Id opprimī sustentandō et prōlātandō nūllō pactō potest;

It can by no means be crushed by holding out and putting things off;

Note. sustentandō et prōlātandō: gerunds in the ablative, 'by holding out and putting off'.

4.6quācumque ratiōne placet celeriter vōbīs vindicandum est.

by whatever means you please, you must punish it quickly.