Section 5A(i). Curius, Fulvia, and Cicero

Question 1

sed in eā coniūrātiōne fuit Q. Curius, …

Answer 1

But there was in that conspiracy Quintus Curius, …

Question 2

… nātus haud obscūrō locō, …

Answer 2

… born in no obscure place … [litotes!]

Question 3

… libīdinibus adeō dēditus, …

Answer 3

… given so much to pleasures, …

Question 4

… ut eum cēnsōrēs senātū mouērent.

Answer 4

… that the censors removed him from the Senate.

Question 5

huic hominī tanta uānitās inerat …

Answer 5

There was such great vanity in this person, …

Question 6

… ut nōn posset reticēre quae audierat;

Answer 6

… that he could not keep quiet about (the things) which he had heard;

Question 7

tanta īnsolentia ut numquam sua ipse scelera cēlāret:

Answer 7

(there was) such great insolence that he never himself concealed his own crimes:

Question 8

tanta audācia ut semper dīceret faceretque quaecumque uolēbat.

Answer 8

(there was) such great boldness that he always said and did whatever he wanted.

Question 9

erat eī cum Fuluiā, muliere nōbilī, stuprī uetus cōnsuētūdō.

Answer 9

He had a long-standing intimacy (consisting of) sexual misconduct with Fulvia, a noble woman.

Question 10

sed Curius tam pauper factus est ut eī minus grātus fieret.

Answer 10

But Curius was made (into) such a poor man that he became less attractive to her.

Question 11

repente autem adeō glōriārī coepit ut maria montīsque Fuluiae pollicērētur.

Answer 11

Suddenly however he began to boast so much that he was promising (to) Fulvia the seas and the mountains.

Question 12

et tam īnsolēns ferōxque fīēbat …

Answer 12

And he was becoming so arrogant and fierce …

Question 13

… ut eī mortem interdum minārētur, …

Answer 13

…that he would sometimes threaten her with death [threaten death to her], …

Question 14

… nisi sibi obnoxia esset.

Answer 14

… unless she were to be servile to him.

Question 15

at Fuluia, īnsolentiae Curī causā cognitā, …

Answer 15

But Fulvia, once the reason for Curio’s arrogance was known, …

Question 16

… rem reī pūblicae tam perīculōsam esse putābat, …

Answer 16

… thought that the business was so dangerous to the commonwealth, …

Question 17

… ut, omnia, quae dē Catilīnae coniūrātiōne audierat, multīs nārrāret.

Answer 17

… that she reported (to) many (people) all the things she had heard about the conspiracy of Catiline.

Question 18

eae rēs, ā Fuluiā nārrātae, …

Answer 18

Those affairs, reported by Fulvia, …

Question 19

… in prīmīs effēcērunt ut cōnsulātus M. Tulliō Cicerōnī mandārētur.

Answer 19

… especially brought it about that that the consulship was entrusted to Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Question 20

namque anteā plēraque nōbilitās tam inuida erat …

Answer 20

For previously most of the nobility was so envious …

Question 21

… ut cōnsulātum nouō hominī mandāre nōllent.

Answer 21

… that they did not want to entrust the consulship to a new man.

Question 22

nam “polluātur cōnsulātus,” inquiēbant, …

Answer 22

For they would say “the consulship would be polluted, …

Question 23

… “sī eum quamuīs ēgregius homo nouus adipīscātur.”

Answer 23

“… if a new man, worthy though he is, should obtain it.”

Question 24

sed ubi perīculum aduēnit, inuidia atque superbia post fuēre.

Answer 24

But when danger approached, envy and pride were subordinate.

Question 25

igitur, comitiīs habitīs, cōnsulēs dēclārantur M. Tullius et C. Antōnius;

Answer 25

Therefore, after the elections have been held, Marcus Tullius and Gaius Antonius are declared consuls.

Question 26

quod factum prīmō coniūrātōrēs concusserat.

Answer 26

Which fact first had shaken the conspirators.

Question 27

neque tamen Catilīnae furor minuēbātur, …

Answer 27

However, the fury of Catiline was not lessened, …

Question 28

… sed in diēs plūra agitāre, …

Answer 28

… but he stirred up more things day by day, …

Question 29

… arma per Ītaliam locīs opportūnīs parāre, …

Answer 29

… he prepared weapons throughout Italy in strategic places, …

Question 30

… pecūniam Faesulās ad Mānlium quendam portāre.

Answer 30

… (and) he carried money to Faesulae to a certain Manlius.