Vocabulary
Court Cases
Verb Forms
Noun Forms
Cicero speech against Verres
100

old, ancient

antiquus

100

He was accused of killing his father

Sextus Roscius

100

Tense of 'vexavit'

perfect tense

100

The case used in 'in prōvinciā Siciliā,

ablative case

100

Verres set these up in Sicily

Proof of his own crimes

200

way, method

modus

200

Corrupt governor prosecuted by Cicero

Verres

200

Person, number, and tense of 'tenuerunt'

3rd, plural, perfect

200

The case used in 'suās lēgēs'

accsuative

200

The duration of Verres harassment of Sicily

3 years

300

safe, secure

tutus

300

Province where the accused was governor

Sicily

300

Person, number, and tense of 'perdidit'

3rd, singular, perfect

300

The case of 'vitiorum suorum'

genitive

300

Verres rank as governor

Praetor

400

ruin, ravage

perdo, perdere

400

Former Greek Slave behind the prosecution

Chrysogonos

400
Tense and mood of 'possit'

Present subjunctive

400
The case of 'communia iura'

accusative

400

Three things the Sicilians lacked while Verres was governor

their own laws, decrees of the Senate, natural law

500

each

quisque

500

Latin for 'who benefited'

Cui bono?

500

Tense and voice of 'restitui'

Present passive

500

The case of 'senātūs'

genitive

500
This is what could not happen in Sicily

Could not be restored to its previous state

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