J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, Select Orations of Cicero, Allen and Greenough's Edition., Impeachment of Verres. (In C. Verrem) B.C. 70., chapter 6, section 15

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Impeachment of Verres. ( In C. Verrem ) B.C. 70.

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eloquentiam,etc.: see note on p. 31, l. 12.

potentia,control of the courts: a stronger word than gratia ("personal influence") or auctoritate ("official influence") and indicating a kind of domination over the courts.

simulat, proponit:notice the emphatic position of these verbs, as opposed to what Verres is reallydoing.

proponit,puts forward (i.e. as his backers).

inania, idle: i.e. mere names, because Verres does not really rely upon these men, but upon a scheme which Cicero details in the following sections.

noti, notorious

simulat:cf. note on simulat,l. 30, above.

Select Orations of. Cicero. Allen and Greenough's Edition. Revised by J. B. Greenough and G. L. Kittredge, with a special vocabulary by J. B. Greenough.

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