Crucifiction of a Roman Citizen
nunc
, opposed to the time of the
actio prima, which he has just referred to.
uno genere
,
this one class of crimes.
tot horas . . . dicam
: §
466
(276, a) ; B. 259, 4; G. 230; H. 533 (467, iii, 2); H.-B. 485.
tenerem
: for tense, see §
485
,j (287, i); B. 268,7, b; G. 511, R.2; H. 547, I (495, i) ; cf. H.-B. 481.
de tanta re
, etc.: Cicero has now arrived at the climax of his accusation: the case of Gavius is so outrageous that it would require all his powers to characterize it. But, he says, he has already used the strongest language of which he is master in describing other and less heinous crimes, and he has not attempted to keep the attention of the jurors by variety in the charges What then can he do to make this horrible case, the most abominable of the crimes of Verres sufficiently impressive? There is but one thing left to do he will
tell the bare facts, which need no eloquence to emphasize them.
rem
(emphat.),
the bare facts.
in medio
,
before you.
Commmentary on Crucifiction of a Roman Citizen. James Bradstreet Greenough. ed. James Bradstreet Greenough, ed. George Lyman Kittredge. Boston. 1897.
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