CORE VOCABULARY
iam iam already; now;
Dolābella, -ae, m., in this book P. Cornēlius Dolābella, a profligate man, who nevertheless gained the hand of Cicero's daughter Tullia. They were married B.C. 50, and divorced four years later. Dolabella joined the party of Caesar, after whose death he secured the consulship by unfair means. He obtained Syria as a province, where he conducted himself with so great injustice and brutality that he was declared a public enemy. To escape capture he ordered a soldier to kill him, B.C. 43. Ep. xxii.
egestās, -ātis, [egēns], f., want, need, poverty, indigence.
sōlitūdō, -inis, [sōlus], f., being alone, loneliness; lonely place, solitude, wilderness.
misereri pity, feel pity; show/have mercy/compassion/pity for (w/GEN);
Verres C. Verres, the governor of Sicily form 73 B.C. to 71 B.C., who was prosecuted by Cicero in 70 B.C. for corruption. After several failed attempts to delay the trial, Verres chose to abandon his defense and lived in exile in Massilia until 43 B.C.
innocēns, -entis, [in- + nocēns], adj., harmless, inoffensive; blameless; innocent, upright.
lui pay; atone for; [poenam luere => to suffer punishment];
idcircō [id, circus], adv., therefore, on that account, for this reason.
crūdēlitās, -ātis, [crūdēlis], f., harshness, cruelty, severity.
improbus, -a, -um, [in- + probus], adj., wicked, bad, depraved, base; shameless, outrageous.
subleuares lift up, raise; support; assist; lighten;
quod [acc. neut. of quī], conj., that, in that, the fact that; because, since, inasmuch as; in view of the fact that, as regards the fact that, wherein; so far as, to the extent that.
quaestor, -ōris, [for quaesitor, from quaerō], m., quaestor, an officer charged with public duties which varied according to the period and circumstances. At first there were but two quaestors, but the number was increased from time to time until it reached forty under Caesar's administration, B.C. 45. At that time the quaestors were engaged in the care of public moneys and of military stores, partly at Rome and partly in the provinces, which were assigned by lot. They were chosen annually, at the comitia tribūta.
Gnaeus, -ī, abbreviated Cn., m., Gnaeus, a Roman forename.
Carbō, -ōnis, m., Carbō, name of a plebeian family of the Papirian gens; in this book, = C. Papīrius Carbō Arvīna, tribune B.C. 90 or 89. He joined with his colleague M. Plautius Silvanus in proposing a law on citizenship, which was afterwards known as the Lēx Plautia Papīria. Arch. iv.
re uera in fact; in reality, actually; [re vera => true thing];
spoliō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [spolium], 1, a., strip, uncover; rob, plunder, despoil, deprive.
nefāriē [nefārius], adv., impiously, heinously, abominably.
oppūgnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum, [ob + pūgnō], 1, a., attack, assail, assault, storm, besiege.
perfidiam faithlessness, treachery, perfidy;
nocēns, -entis, [noceō], adj., harmful, hurtful; guilty, criminal. As subst., nocēns, -entis, m., culprit, criminal.
testimōnium, ī, [testis], n., evidence, attestation, testimony, proof.
aerārium, -ī, [aerārius], n., treasury; the public treasure, finances. The Roman treasury was a part of the temple of Saturn in the Forum, in which public funds were kept.
