Note 5 — CICERO AGAINST CATILINE
Reading edition
: fuit-fuit: note the emphatic repetition of the word (epizeuxis). —ista virtus: here ista = illa: “that well-known public spirit:” We may take virtus = amor patriae: “patriotism.”
Reading edition
: fuit-fuit: note the emphatic repetition of the word (epizeuxis). —ista virtus: here ista = illa: “that well-known public spirit:” We may take virtus = amor patriae: “patriotism.”