I. |kad. ə lə|nerēən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin Catilinari us Catilinarian (from Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline) died 62 B.C. Roman politician) + English -an
: of, relating to, or like Catiline, who conspired against the government ; specifically : conspiratorial
a Catilinarian existence
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: conspirator ; specifically : a participant in Catiline's conspiracy
Cicero had written to Pompey about the suppression of the Catilinarians — J.H.Taylor