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| ablative absolute, during the consulship of Marcu Tullius Cicero the orator and Gaius Antonius (63 B.C.). Since the consuls were elected annually, naming them identified the year. The other way of expressing the year was the ab urbe conditā method. |
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| This Gaius Antonius was the uncle of the famous Marc Antony. |
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| condō, condere, condidī, conditus |
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| from the founding of the city. Rome was supposedly founded in 753 B.C. |
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| intelligence, ingenuity, character |
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| depraved, corrupt. The genitive phrase ingeniī prāvissimī goes with vir. |
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| for the purpose of destroying, to destroy |
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| coniūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātūrus |
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| to plot, make a conspiracy, conspire. |
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| well known, distinguished |
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| dēprehendō, dēprehendere, dēprehendī, dēprehēnsus |
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| from vincō. When you meet this verb, be careful to note whether the form is active or passive, since the meaning of "he defeated (someone else)" is very different from "he was defeated," i.e., he lost |
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| interficiō, interficere, interfectus |
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