Note 4 — CICERO AGAINST CATILINE
Reading edition
: ad—lenius: “milder as regards severity,” or “in point of severity.” Ad = quoad, quoad attinet ad, si spectes. He uses ad communem salutem utilius to balance ad severitatem lenius.
Reading edition
: ad—lenius: “milder as regards severity,” or “in point of severity.” Ad = quoad, quoad attinet ad, si spectes. He uses ad communem salutem utilius to balance ad severitatem lenius.