Cicero Vocab Pg. 4

Front 1

accerbus/a/um

Back 1

-bitter, severe

Front 2

an

Back 2

-Or is it that...?

Front 3

aperte

Back 3

-openly

Front 4

auctoritas

Back 4

auctoritatis, f.

-lead, support; authority

Front 5

coerceo

Back 5

coercere, coercui, coercitum

-to repress, restrain

Front 6

confero

Back 6

conferre, contuli, collatum

-to bring together

Front 7

consilium

Back 7

consilii, n.

-plan of action

Front 8

consultum

Back 8

consulti, n.

-decree (law)

Front 9

desum

Back 9

deesse, defui
(irregular w/ dat.)

-to fail

Front 10

iam

Back 10

-already

Front 11

iam diu

Back 11

-for a long time now

Front 12

in

Back 12

-against

(w/ acc.)

Front 13

incendium

Back 13

incendii, n.

-arson

Front 14

iussu

Back 14

-by order, at the command of

(abl. sg.)

Front 15

labefacto

Back 15

labefactare, labefactavi, labefactatus

-to weaken

Front 16

machinor

Back 16

machinare, machinatus sum

-to devise, plan

Front 17

mediocriter

Back 17

-moderately, not very much

Front 18

nimis

Back 18

-too, too much

Front 19

novae res

Back 19

f. pl.

-revolution

Front 20

occido

Back 20

occidere, occidi, occisum

-to kill, murder

Front 21

oportet

Back 21

oportere, oportuit

-it is right; ought

(impersonal verb)

Front 22

orbis

Back 22

orbis, m.

-globe

(orbis terrae - the world)

Front 23

ordo

Back 23

ordonis, m.

-class, body

Front 24

perfero

Back 24

perferre, pertuli, perlatum

-to put up with

Front 25

perniciosus, a, um

Back 25

-dangerous, destructive

Front 26

pestis

Back 26

pestis, f.

-plague; destruction

Front 27

pontifex

Back 27

pontificis, m.

-priest

Front 28

praetereo

Back 28

praeterire, praeterivi, praeteritum

-to pass over

Front 29

pridem

Back 29

-for a long time

Front 30

quondam

Back 30

-at one time, formerly

Front 31

status

Back 31

status, m.

-situation, condition

Front 32

studeo

Back 32

studere, studui
(w/ dat.)

-to be eager for

Front 33

supplicium

Back 33

supplicii, n.

-punishment

Front 34

vasto

Back 34

vastare, vastavi, vastatus

-to destroy

Front 35

vehemens

Back 35

vehementis

-strong, forceful

Front 36

vero

Back 36

-indeed

Front 37

Publis Scipio

Back 37

-consul in 138 B.C.
-led the attack on Tiberius Gracchus

Front 38

Tiberius Gracchus

Back 38

-tribune of the plebs in 133 B.C.
-Was murdered because the Senate thought he was aiming for too much power
-had the people's vote

Front 39

Gaius Servilius Ahala

Back 39

-he was Cincinnatus's "master of the cavalry"
-murdered pleb Spurius Maelius

Front 40

Spurius Maelius

Back 40

-was a plebian
-murdered by Ahala because he was accused of selling grain inexpensively during a famine in order to gain political support

Front 41

Senatus Consultum Ultimum

Back 41

-It was a decree that granted the consuls extrodinary powers to get rid of threats to the Republic

Front 42

Exordium

Back 42

-the introductory section of a speech

Front 43

Narratio

Back 43

-the second section of a speech in which the facts are laid out

Front 44

Propositio

Back 44

-The third section of a speech in wich the points of agreement are enumerated

Front 45

Confirmatio

Back 45

-the fourth section of a speech in which the evidence is presented and the argument is developed

Front 46

Refutatio

Back 46

-the fifth section of a speech in which the arguments against the opponents stance are presented

Front 47

Peroratio

Back 47

-the conclusion of the speech, often in the form of a prayer or request

Front 48

Comitia

Back 48

-the assemblies of the people called by groups

Front 49

Contio

Back 49

-a form of comitia in which all people were summoned without regard to group
-usually held near rostra

Front 50

Pontifex Maximus

Back 50

-the high priest who was an elected official responsible for overseeing the major priestly colleges and the Vestal Virgins

Front 51

privatus

Back 51

privati, m.

-civilian, private citizen