| A | B |
| vicesimum | 'LINE 1 - acc. s. modifies diem' |
| diem | 'LINE 1 - acc. s. |
| patimur | 'LINE 1 - deponent |
| hebescere | 'LINE 1 |
| aciem | 'LINE 1 - acc. s. |
| horum | 'LINE 1 - gen. pl. refers to these senators' |
| auctoritatis | 'LINE 1 - gen. s. |
| eius modi | 'LINE 1 |
| senatus | 'LINE 1 |
| consultum | 'LINE 2 |
| inclusum | 'LINE 2 |
| reconditum | 'LINE 2 |
| tabulis | 'LINE 2 |
| interfectum esse | 'LINE 3 |
| deponendam | 'LINE 3 - gerundive; modifies audaciam (understood) |
| confirmandam | 'LINE 3 - gerundive; modifies audaciam |
| cupio | 'LINES 3-4 - repeats at the beginning of 2 clauses: anaphora' |
| clementem | 'acc s |
| me | 'LINE 3 - acc s |
| audaciam | 'LINE 3 - acc s |
| tantis | 'LINE 4 - abl pl |
| rei publicae | 'LINE 4 - gen s |
| periculis | 'LINE 4 - abl pl |
| dissolutum | 'LINE 4 - acc s |
| videri | 'LINE 4 - present passive infinitive = to seem' |
| inertiae | 'LINE 5 - genitive of the charge (legal) |
| nequitiae | 'LINE 5 - genitive of the charge (legal) |