in custodiam. See [on 1. 19].
qui honos, etc. Cf. [3. 15] and [2. 28].
[§6].
The object of referre is de facto quid iudicetis, etc.; tanquam integrum, 'as though it were an open question.'
ego magnum, etc. 'I had long seen that a dangerous madness was abroad, and that evils of an unheard-of kind were seething and stirring in the state.'
latius opinione, 'more widely than you think.' The following sentence should be noted, as showing that Cicero recognized that the importance of the decision lay in the effect it would have upon Catilina's adherents abroad.
[§7].
sententias, the technical word for the senator's formal declaration of his vote. See [on 1. 9]. Tr. 'proposals.'
D. Silani, now consul designatus.
censet, not 'thinks,' but 'gives it as his opinion,' 'votes.'