Cethegus
- I M. Cornelius Cethegus, a distinguished orator, Cic. Sen. 14, 50; id. Brut. 15, 59 al.; to him Horace alludes in the passage: priscis memorata Catonibus atque Cethegis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 117; cf. id. A. P. 50.—
- II C. Cornelius Cethegus, companion of Catiline, Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6; Sall. C. 32, 2; 43, 2.—Prov.: Clodius accuset moechos, Catilina Cethegum, Juv. 2, 27; cf. id. 8, 231; 10, 287.
- 1. M. Cornelius ~, consul in 204 v. Chr., belangrijke redenaar (gest. in 196 v. Chr.);
- 2. C. Cornelius ~, medeplichtige in de samenzwering v. Catilina.
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…simul opportuna loca urbis incenderent, quo tumultu facilior aditus ad consulem ceterosque, quibus insidiae parabantur, fieret ; Cethegus Ciceronis ianuam obsideret eumque vi aggrederetur, alius autem alium, sed filii familiarum, quorum ex nobilitate maxuma pars…
Sallust, Catilina
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…parcite dignitati Lentuli, si ipse pudicitiae, si famae suae, si dis aut hominibus umquam ullis pepercit Ignoscite Cethegi adulescentiae, nisi iterum patriae bellum fecit Nam quid ego de Gabinio, Statilio, Caepario loquar Quibus si quicquam…
Sallust, Catilina
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…in vicis ad eum eripiundum sollicitabant, partim exquirebant duces multitudinum, qui pretio rem publicam vexare soliti erant. Cethegus autem per nuntios familiam atque libertos suos, lectos et exercitatos, orabat, ut grege facto cum telis ad…
Sallust, Catilina
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…Eo convenere senatorii ordinis P. Lentulus Sura, P. Autronius, L. Cassius Longinus, C. Cethegus, P. et Ser. Sullae Ser. filii, L. Vargunteius, Q. Annius, M…
Sallust, Catilina
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…, maxumum bonum in celeritate putabat. Sed Allobroges ex praecepto Ciceronis per Gabinium ceteros conveniunt. Ab Lentulo, Cethego, Statilio, item Cassio postulant ius iurandum, quod signatum ad civis perferant ; aliter haud facile eos ad…
Sallust, Catilina
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…erat, parentis interficerent ; simul caede et incendio perculsis omnibus ad Catilinam erumperent. Inter haec parata atque decreta Cethegus semper querebatur de ignavia sociorum illos dubitando et dies prolatando magnas opportunitates corrumpere ; facto, non consulto in tali…
Sallust, Catilina
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…, multa antecapere, quae bello usui forent, nocte intempesta cum paucis in Manliana castra profectus est. Sed Cethego atque Lentulo ceterisque, quorum cognoverat promptam audaciam, mandat, quibus rebus possent, opes factionis confirment, insidias…
Sallust, Catilina
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…causam civium cum servis fugitivis communicavisse. Sed postquam in castra nuntius pervenit Romae coniurationem patefactam, de Lentulo et Cethego ceterisque, quos supra memoravi, supplicium sumptum, plerique, quos ad bellum spes rapinarum aut novarum rerum studium…
Sallust, Catilina
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…poenam illorum sibi oneri inpunitatem perdundae rei publicae fore credebat. Igitur confirmato animo vocari ad sese iubet Lentulum, Cethegum, Statilium, Gabinium itemque Caeparium Terracinensem, qui in Apuliam ad concitanda servitia proficisci parabat. Ceteri sine mora…
Sallust, Catilina
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…hostium senatum docet ; praeterea se missum a M. Crasso, qui Catilinae nuntiaret, ne eum Lentulus et Cethegus aliique ex coniuratione deprehensi terrerent eoque magis properaret ad urbem accedere, quo et ceterorum animos reficeret et illi facilius…
Sallust, Catilina
(1) A Roman consul, in B.C. 332. He was obliged to lay down his office on account of some informality in his election.
(2) M. Cornelius, a distinguished Roman orator. Being sent as praetor to Sicily, he quelled a sedition of the soldiers in that island. He was called to the censorship before he had been consul, a thing not in accordance with Roman usage, and obtained this latter office six years subsequently, B.C. 204. He carried on the war against the Carthaginians in Etruria, and defeated Mago, who was coming with support for Hannibal. In allusion to his persuasive eloquence, Ennius twice calls him Suadae medulla. Horace (Epist. ii. 2. 116; A. P. 50) cites him as an authority on the use of words.
(3) C. Cornelius, proconsul in Spain in B.C. 200, defeated a numerous army of the Sedetani. Being elected consul B.C. 197, he gained a great victory over the Insubres, and on his return to Rome obtained the honours of a triumph. The people having afterwards chosen him censor, he assigned distinct places to the senators at the public games.
(4) C. Cornelius, a Roman rendered powerful by his influence with Marius. He himself was wholly governed by a woman named Praecia, who obtained for Lucullus the government of Cilicia.
(5) C. Cornelius, a Roman of the most corrupt and abandoned character, and one of the accomplices of Catiline. He was strangled in prison by order of the Senate. See Catilina.