Note 4 — CICERO AGAINST CATILINE
Reading edition
: eludet: “will turn us into mockery:” a gladiatorial term of avoiding a thrust by the rapid movement of the body: hence, to baffle, deceive, and, as here, to mock. Nos is omitted by some editors.
Reading edition
: eludet: “will turn us into mockery:” a gladiatorial term of avoiding a thrust by the rapid movement of the body: hence, to baffle, deceive, and, as here, to mock. Nos is omitted by some editors.