Note 8 — CICERO AGAINST CATILINE
Reading edition
: in te—machinaris: “On you should that ruin long since have been hurled which you for a long time have been plotting against us all.” Join jampridem from the previous clause with conferri. The present tense in Latin with jamdiu includes past tense: cf. πάλαι λέγω, jamdiu dico: “I have long ago told you and do so still.” —machinari; μηχανᾶσθαι, to plan by artful and secret means: moliri, to plan by strong effort.