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Cicero In Cat. I.6 TRANSLATION

AB
castra'camps - neuter subject'
collocata'with sunt - the main verb - camps have been placed
populum'acc. after contra = against the Roman people'
faucibus'with in
dies'with in - this becomes adverbial - day by day
crescit'it grows
numerus'subject of crescit- number of enemies grows'
hostium'genitive - of enemies'
eorum'describing castrorum - of these camps'
autem'however'
imperatorem'the commander (of these camps)'
ducemque'and general/leader of the enemies (hostium)'
intra'within
moenia'walls - within the walls'
atqueand
adeo'what is more - an adverb'
videtis'you (pl) see in the senate'
intestinaminternal
aliquamsome
perniciem'destruction - whole acc. phrase is some internal destruction
molientem'devising - this refers to Catiline - you see him devising some internal destruction'
reipublicae'FOR the state - this is dative'
si'if -starts out this future more vivid conditional'
iussero'I will have ordered'
te'you - DO of iussero - so
comprehendi'to be arrested'
interfici'to be killed - so: if I will have ordered you to be arrested
credo'I believe - this is a side comment
verendum'I must fear or I will have to fear - passive periphrastic = erit verendum mihi'
ne'that - in a fear clause
potius'setting up 2 parallel phrases
boni'goes with omnes - all good citizens
hoc'subject of indirect statement with factum esse - THAT this has happened/been done'
me'abl of agent - a me= by me'
serius'too late - comparative adverb'
quisquam'anyone'
crudelius'too cruelly - another comparative adverb'
dicat'final sentence here: ne...dicat = that all good men might say that this has been done by me too late rather than that someone might say this has been done too cruelly'


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