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First Oration of Cicero Against Catiline

Note 2 — CICERO AGAINST CATILINE

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: omnium—erupit: a pregnant construction as if he had meant: “all these crimes have been a-ripening up to, and the continued career of frenzy and boldness have burst forth in, the time of my consulship.” The metaphor is probably borrowed from an ulcer, bursting when ripe.

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