Pro S. Roscio Amerino

CH. XXI.] NOTES. 93
8. dicam : deliberative subjunctive in indirect question.
12. fraudem " : self-deception."
14. operae pretium erat " : it was (i.e. ' would have been ') wortli
your while." operae : possessive genitive. erat : see note on 19, 6.
16. in hisce subselliis : i.e. as advocati of the accused. quaesisse
se. eam as subject.
17. ille aut ille " : this one or that one."
18. causam publicam : this was the first speech delivered by
Cicero in a criminal case,—one tried before a iudicium piiblicum or
qtiaestio perpetua. dixerim : tlie subjunctive is used because the
reason is the one that occurred to Erucius for not suspecting Cicero.
The perfect is used in primary sequence after credo.
20. veniret : subjunctive in dependence on resideret. Indefinite
frequency with ciim (= " whenever ") is normally expressed by
the indicative in Cicero.
22. cui cenam imperaret : because he expected that the trial would
soon be over.
purpose.
imperaret : subjunctive in a relative clause implying
23. consessu : of the judges on the bench. conventu : of the
crowd of spectators. pro summa solitudine : = quasi esset summa
solitudo, " as though the place were a complete desert."
XXII., §§ 60-63. Abgument.—Erucius must needs con/ess, since he
sees how eaimestly the defence is being conducted, that he hoped there
would be, not a trial, but a robhery. Hence he did not think it necessary
to assign a motive for the crime, though the charge of pa7-7-icide
requires more abundant proof than any other.
Ch. XXII.— 1. surrexi ego : the pronoun is emphatic : "it was I
who stood up."
2. diceret : subjunctive, because the reason given is that in the
mind of Erucius.
iocari atque alias res agere. Usque eo is
3. usque eo : with
normally followed by dum, donec, or quoad ; here it is followed by
antequam, as there is a mixture of two constructions ; u^que eo . . .
dum (or donec or quoad), and animadverti . . , antequam.
4. alias res agere " : to pay no attention."
9. auderet : eonsecutive subjunctive.
15. commode " : adequately."
18. confitere : Cicero in a bantering spirit insinuatcd that Erucius
can re-establish his old reputation only by an open avowal of his
error. venisse : sc. te as subject.
19. putares : subjunctive of reported cause.
20. parricidio : see Introduction, § 8.
22. quod : the antecedent is id in line 24. his : this is added,
because the reference is to things of every-day occurrence which lie
"near to hand."
29. ingenio : the ability or talent by means of which he cau
make even an unfounded accusation appear credible.
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