Note 3 — CICERO AGAINST CATILINE
Reading edition
: refer ad senatum: “bring up (the matter scil. rem) before the Senate.” —referre is the technical term to express the laying of the subject for debate before the Senate, which was done by the consul or presiding magistrate: deferre, denotes the simple announcement of anything: placere, is the usual term to express the decision of the Senate. The aristocratic party had advised Catiline to go into exile, preferring that he should take this course rather than that they should have an open conflict with him.