M. Tullius Cicero, Against Verres, actio 2, M. Tulli Ciceroni Actionis in C. Verrem Secundae Liber Quintus, section 28

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[28] quo loco non mihi praetermittenda videtur praeclari imperatoris egregia ac singularis diligentia. nam scitote oppidum esse in Sicilia nullum ex iis ¹ oppidis in quibus consistere praetores et conventum agere soleant ², quo in oppido non isti ex aliqua familia non ignobili delecta ³ ad libidinem mulier esset. itaque non ⁴ nullae ex eo numero in convivium adhibebantur palam; si quae castiores erant, ad tempus veniebant, lucem conventumque vitabant. erant autem convivia non illo silentio populi Romani praetorum atque imperatorum, neque eo pudore qui in magistratuum conviviis versari soleat ⁵, sed cum maximo clamore atque convicio; non numquam etiam res ad pugnam atque ad manus vocabatur ⁶. iste enim praetor severus ac diligens, qui ⁷ populi Romani ⁸ legibus numquam paruisset, illis legibus quae in poculis ponebantur diligenter obtemperabat. itaque erant exitus eius modi ut alius inter manus e convivio tamquam e proelio auferretur, alius tamquam occisus relinqueretur, plerique ut ⁹ fusi sine mente ac sine ullo sensu iacerent,—ut quivis ¹⁰, cum aspexisset, non se ¹¹ praetoris convivium, sed Cannensem ¹² pugnam nequitiae videre arbitraretur.

1 his RSp

2 solent pδ

3 dilecta RS

4 Atque non Weidner

5 soleat RSψ: solet pδ

6 vocabatur RSp: veniebat δ

7 qui om. RS

8 pċrċ p: p. r. praetorum RS: praetorum δ (iv, §146; v, §81)

9 ut RS: om. pδ

10 quivis ut Nohl, Muell.

11 non ut se RSψ

12 sed Cann. Lamb.: sed ut Cann. RSψp: sed vel Cann. Eberh.

M. Tullius Cicero. M. Tvlli Ciceronis Orationes: Divinatio in Q. Caecilivm. In C. Verrem Recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit Gvlielmvs Peterson Rector Vniversitatis MacGillianae. William Peterson. Oxford. e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1917. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis.

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Cross-references to this page (3):
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), CONVENTUS
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), PROVI´NCIA
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), SYMPO´SIUM
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (10):
- Lewis & Short, Cannae
- Lewis & Short, ăgo
- Lewis & Short, con-sisto
- Lewis & Short, conventus
- Lewis & Short, con-vīcĭum
- Lewis & Short, ignōbĭlis
- Lewis & Short, inter
- Lewis & Short, mănus
- Lewis & Short, pōno
- Lewis & Short, pugna

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