M. Tullius Cicero, In Catilinam, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 2.22

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[22] Quintum genus est parricidarum, sicariorum, denique omnium facinerosorum. quos ego a Catilina non revoco; nam neque ab eo divelli¹ possunt et pereant sane in latrocinio, quoniam sunt ita multi ut eos carcer capere non possit. postremum autem genus est non solum numero verum etiam genere ipso atque vita quod proprium Catilinae est, de eius dilectu, immo vero de complexu eius ac sinu; quos pexo capillo, nitidos, aut imberbis aut bene barbatos videtis, manicatis et talaribus tunicis, velis amictos, non togis; quorum omnis industria vitae² et vigilandi labor in antelucanis cenis expromitur.

In Catilinam. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1908.

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In L. Catilinam (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 1. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.)

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Against L. Catiline Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 2.22 focus

[22]
There is a fifth class, of parricides, assassins, in short of all infamous characters, whom I do not wish to recall from Catiline, and indeed they cannot be separated from him. Let them perish in their wicked war, since they are so numerous that a prison cannot contain them.
There is a last class, last not only in number but in the sort of men and in their way of life; the especial body-guard of Catiline, of his levying; yes, the friends of his embraces and of his bosom; whom you see with carefully combed hair, glossy, beardless, or with well-trimmed beards; with tunics with sleeves, or reaching to the ankles; clothed with veils, not with robes; all the industry of whose life, all the labour of whose watchfulness, is expended in suppers lasting till daybreak.

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In Catilinam

1. divelli ab eo αβγ

2. vitae vita α h

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Commentary on Second Oration against Catiline (Select Orations of Cicero (Allen and Greenough's Edition). Greenough, James Bradstreet; Kittredge, George Lyman, editors. Boston, London: Ginn & Company, 1897.) focus

non revoco : § 467 (276, b); B. 259, 2; G. 233; H. 530 (467, 6); H.-B. 484.

carcer : this is the Tullianum, a dungeon near the Forum, still existing. It was properly a jail for temporary detention, as imprisonment was not recognized in Rome as a form of punishment.

numero , in order;

genere , in rank.

imberbis : a mark of effeminacy;

bene barbatos , full-bearded, doubtless a military affectation, as, until lately, the wearing of a mustache.

velis , veils, rather than the substantial toga, which was of unbleached wool. The whole description suggests foppishness and effeminacy.

M. Tullius Cicero In Catilinam 2.22

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