Chapter 28
Latin Text
Igitur, perterritīs ac dubitantibus cēterīs, C. Cornēlius eques Rōmānus, operam suam pollicitus, et cum eō L. Varguntēius senātor cōnstituēre eā nocte paulō post cum armātīs hominibus sīcutī salūtātum introīre ad Cicerōnem ac dē imprōvīsō domī suae imparātum cōnfodere. Curius, ubi intellegit quantum perīculum cōnsulī impendeat, properē per Fulviam Cicerōnī dolum, quī parābātur, ēnūntiat. Ita illī iānuā prohibitī tantum facinus frūstrā suscēperant.
Notes and Vocabulary
perterritīs…cēterīs: an ablative absolute
operam: opera, operae, f – work, effort
pollicitus: polliceor, polliceri, ollitus sum – to promise
cōnstituēre: constituo, constituere, constitui, constitutum – to place, locate, establish, create, decide
salūtātum: salūtō, salūtāre, salūtāvī, salūtātum – to greet, pay respects
introīre: introeō, introīre, introiī, introitum – to go inside, enter
de imprōvīsō: “unexpectedly”
imparātum: imparātus, imparāta, imparātum – unready, unprepared
cōnfodere: confodiō, confodere, confōdī, confossum – to stab, wound fatally
impendeat: impendeō, impendēre, impensus sum – to impend, threaten
propere: speedily, quickly
ēnūntiat: ēnuntiō, ēnuntiāre, ēnuntiāvī, ēnuntiātum – to disclose, pronounce
facinus: facinus, facinoris, n. – deed, crime, outrage
suscēperant: suscipiō, suscipere, suscēpī, susceptum – to take up, adopt, assume, take on