List of Abbreviations

cos. = consul

N.B. = nota (or notate) bene! (‘Take note’)

OLD = Oxford Latin Dictionary

s.v. = sub voce (‘under the word’), i.e. in the dictionary entry of this word.

sc. = scilicet (‘of course’)

Abbreviated references to secondary literature:

Gildenhard (2011) = Gildenhard, I. (2011), Creative Eloquence: The Construction of Reality in Cicero’s Speeches, Oxford.

Mitchell (1986) = Mitchell, T. N. (1986), Cicero, Verrines II.1, with Translation and Commentary, Warminster.

Morwood (1999) = Morwood, J. (1999), A Latin Grammar, Oxford.

Steel (2004) = Steel, C. (2004), ‘Being Economical with the Truth: What Really Happened at Lampsacus?’, in J. Powell and J. Paterson (eds.), Cicero the Advocate, Oxford, 233–51.