Ecce Romani 59 "Cicero Denounces Catiline" C

custos, custodis (m.)

guardian

gratia, -ae (f.)

grace, thanks, gratitude

taeter, taetra, taetrum

foul, disgusting

infestus, -a, -um

hostile

pestis, -is (f.)

destruction, pestilence, plague

salus, salutis (f.)

safety

periclitor, -ari, -atus sum, ---

to be in jeopardy, to risk

insidior, -ari, -atus sum, ---

to ambush, to plot against

diligentia, -ae (f.)

diligence

comitia, -orum (n.)

assembly, polls, election

comprimo, -ere, compressi, compressus

to repress, check

conatus, -us (m.)

attempt

nefarius, -a, -um

unspeakable, wicked

tumultus, -us (m.)

uproar, confusion, tumult

denique

finally

peto, -ere, petivi, petitus

to seek, to attack

obsto, obstare, obstiti, ---

to make a stand, to resist

pernicies, perniciei (f.)

ruin, destruction

calamitas, calamitatis (f.)

calamity, destruction

coniungo, -ere, coniunxi, coniunctus

to conjoin, to link