[66.5] Join with liceat.
[66.6] ut . . . caperet: this was the formula by which the senate conferred unlimited power upon the consuls. Explain the subjunctives vidēret and caperet, and give the words of the decree as passed by the senate.
[66.7] here ‘household.’
[66.8] iam comprehenderētur: ‘was on the point of being arrested.’
[66.9] aurō . . . fertur: ‘is said to have been paid for with gold.’
[66.10] Sunt quī trādunt: ‘there are (those) who relate,’ i.e. ‘some say.’
[66.11] infūsō plumbō: ‘by pouring in lead.’ Cf. [p. xxiii], K 8. It is said that Opimius had promised to pay its weight in gold for the head of Gaius.
[66.12] = explēvisse.
[67.1] in eōs . . . animadverterētur: ‘punishment should be visited upon those.’
[67.2] Cf. [p. xviii], E 6.