[§10].

salutatum, supine. The early morning was the usual time for complimentary calls. Cf. Martial 4. 8. 1 'Prima salutantes atque altera conterit hora.'

id temporis, adverbial phrase, 'at that particular time.' Cf. Cic. Pro Roscio Amerino 97 'ut id temporis Roma proficisceretur'; Tac. Ann. 5. 9 'oblisis faucibus id aetatis corpora in Gemonias abjecta.' For this use of the accusative, cf. phrases like 'ceterum,' 'suam vicem,' etc.

aliquando often strengthens imperatives, implying that now at length the time has come for doing what is requested. Cf. Cic. Phil. 2. 46.118 'Respice, quaeso, aliquando'; and in Verrem 2. 1. 28 'audite, quaeso, et aliquando miseremini sociorum.' So in Greek μέθες ποτέ (Soph. Phil. 816). Cf. also 'tandem aliquando' [1. 18], [2. 1].

[§11].

Iovi Statori. The senate were assembled in the temple of Iuppiter Stator on the Palatine. See [on 1. 33].

in uno homine, 'in the person of a single man.'

consuli designato. He was 'designatus' during the latter part of 64. We do not know that Catilina then made any attempt on his life.

proximis comitiis consularibus, 'at the late assembly for the election of the consuls.'

campo. The Comitia Centuriata, which elected the consuls, met in the Campus Martius; the Comitia Tributa in the Forum.