Catilinarian
Americanadjective
noun
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a person who participated in Catiline's conspiracy.
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a person who resembles or imitates Catiline; conspirator.
Etymology
Origin of Catilinarian
Example Sentences
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When Lucceius announced his intention of writing a history which should include the Catilinarian conspiracy, Cicero did not scruple to beg him to enlarge a little on the truth.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
In 58 the hostility of P. Clodius effected Cicero’s banishment, on the ground that he had put the Catilinarian conspirators to death without trial.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
Out of deference to history he was led to abase his hero into something like a Catilinarian conspirator.
From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin
He was the leader, in fact, of the younger element in that party, of the "Catilinarian crowd," as Cicero styles them, and arrayed himself against Lucullus, Hortensius, Messala, and other prominent Conservatives.
From The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature by Abbott, Frank Frost
Such was the situation when amid the preparations for my examinations I read through Sallust's Catiline together with Cicero's Catilinarian orations.
From Early Plays — Catiline, the Warrior's Barrow, Olaf Liljekrans by Orbeck, Anders
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