Note 8 — CICERO AGAINST CATILINE

: constrictam—vides: “do you not see that your conspiracy has already come within the privity of all these?” literally, “is held bound by.” Orelli distinguishes between non and nonne in direct questions. Where non is used, the speaker, sure of his opinion, does not heed the answer of the opponent; where nonne is used, the speaker expects and wishes that the person questioned will agree with him. —constrictam teneri: the metaphor is taken from chaining a wild beast to which he here compares the conspiracy.