Catiline

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkætəˌlaɪn/

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Proper noun

Catiline

1. Lucius Sergius Catilina (108 BCE–62 BCE), a Roman politician who attempted to overthrow the Roman Republic.

Related terms

• Catilinarian
• Catilinian

Noun

Catiline (plural Catilines)

1. A daring and reckless conspirator.
   • 1913 [1912], Bernard Miall, transl., The Psychology of Revolution, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, translation of La Révolution Française et la Psychologie des Révolutions by Gustave Le Bon, page 325:

     But such lessons will not affect the numerous Catilines of the present day.

Anagrams

• alticine