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EDITED W ITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
C. A . M. FENNELL, L ITT.D .
ED I TOR OF PIND AR, ETC.
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AT THE UN IVERS ITY PRESS
1 9 16
PREFACE .
TH I S edi t i on of a p la y, whi ch con ta in s m uch wit a nd
hum or and com pa ra t ively l i tt l e tha t i s Object i on able, i s
in ten ded for u se a t schoo l o r co llege.
Th e tex t i s ba sed on the appa ra tus cr i t i cus of Ritsch l,bu t keeps m ore close ly to th e MSS. than any p rev i ou s
edi t i on . I have ven tured on two origin a l suggest i on s,n am ely
fin issa zzer z'
m, v. 4 2 0 , for th e Obv i ously corrupt m u /a zzzem
'
m of
M s s ., a nd ewe, m ez
’
, v. 753 , for ez'
m z'
lzz'
.
My Observa t i on s on prosody a re m a in ly der ived f rom the'
work of o thers ; bu t I ha ve s ta ted th e ru le for the‘i rra t i on a l ’
u se o f l on g or appa ren t ly l ong sy l lables in an im proved form ,
and have m ade suggest i on s of m y own upon o ther po in ts .
C. A . M . FENNELL .
A ug . to , 1 893 .
INTRO D UCT ION.
TH E , PLOT.
IT wou ld ha rdly b e a n exaggera t ion to say tha t th e s'
clzu s
h as n o p lo t a t a l l . Li t t le of th e in terest wou ld b e lost i f i t wered i v ided u p in to th ree pa rts a nd th e n am es of th e cha racterscha nged so a s to g i ve three discon n ec ted set s of scenes. I t is
p robable tha t th e pla y wa s orig ina l l y div ided in to three a cts, th esecond, th i rd, an d fou r th a cts of ed i tors form ing on e o rig in a la ct. Thi s wou ld g i ve 27 3 verses to th e fi rs t or ig in a l a ct, 3 67verses to th e second a ct, wh ich began w i th th e secon d ca n t i cum ,
a n d 1 3 5verses to th e la st a ct, wh ich ends wi th a short ca n t icu m .
Th e com pa ra t ive shortness of Act I I I . (Act V.) wou ld b e m ade
u p for b y there being in add i t ion to the speeches a con sidera b leam ou n t of é u sz
'
ness. There is n o in t rigu e, no com pl i ca t ion and
consequ en t ly no proper dé n ou em en t or solu t ion . Bu t there is
p len ty of in terest, owing to th e w i t a nd hu m or of th e va r iou sscen es. Severa l of th e ch a racters a re types. Th e old m a n
Antiph o is a fu ssy, selfish , ea sy-go ing m an of th e world. Evenh is daugh ters, wh o disappea r a fter th e fi rst a ct and a re ra thercolorless, a re ca refu l l y sket ched. Gela sirn u s, th e pa ra si te, whois rea l l y th e cen t ra l figu re of th e p iece, is a wel l-execu ted type ofh is gen u s : hu ng ry, g reedy , im pu den t, sp i tefu l a nd serv i le. He
takes pa rt in scenes wh i ch occu py 3 60 verses, wh i le th e t i t lecha ra c ter on ly takes pa rt in scen es which occu py 1 87 verses.
v i i i IN TR OD UCTI ON
There is n ot m u ch tha t is d ist in ct i ve a bou t th e b rothers Epi
gnom u s a nd P am ph ilippu s, b u t a f ew del i ca te tou ches Show u s
tha t P am ph ilippu s h a s a m ore gen erou s d i spos i t ion tha n h is
brother. Th e per verse and im per t inen t Pina cium is dou b t lessan a cc u ra te spec im en o f th e pr i v i leged sla ve
,a nd Crocotiu m of
th e per t a nd flippa n t (sla ve) wa i t ing -m a id. Stich u s is a n u n interesting cha ra cter, poss ib l y beca u se h e is a t ype, a s a lso n o
dou bt a re th e other sla ves, Saga rin u s a nd Steph a n iu m .
ANALY S IS.
An tiph o, a n elderl y, wel l - to-do c i t i z en of A then s, w ishes h istwo da u ghters, Ph ilu m en a a n d Pam ph ila , to g i ve u p thei r re
spective husba nds, Epign om u s a nd Pam ph ilippu s, who ha v ingbecom e im poverished ha ve left A thens to seek thei r fortu nesa nd ha ve n ot been hea rd Of for m ore than two yea rs
,so tha t
they m ay m a rry wea l thy m en .
ACT 1.
Scene I . In terio r of Ph ilu m en a’s (Epignom u s
’
) hou se.
Ph il um en a a nd h er you nger s ister Pam ph ila en ter from th e
ba ck pa rt Of th e hou se. They d iscu ss the i r hu sbands’ a bsen cea n d thei r fa ther’s w ish tha t they shou ld m a rry a g a in . The fi rs t
47 l i nes, thou gh a d ia logu e, a re ra nked a s a ca n t icum,owing to
th e k ind a nd va r iet y of m et res.
S cene I I . Before Ph ilu m en a’s hou se. E n ter An tiph o from
th e specta tors’ r igh t wi th a s la ve in a t tendan ce. He g ru m b les
a t h is s la ves for ten l in es, a nd t hen d ism isses h is sl a ve. W h i leAn tiph o looks a fter th e reced in g s la ve
,h is da u ghters speak
from th e hou se a s to h ow they c a n best get the i r own way w i thh im . Then An tipho in a sol i loqu y o f th i r teen l in es dec idesu pon th e best way of m an ag in g h is da u g hters, sta t ing t ha t h ewil l let them have thei r own way to a void a fu ss i f they a re firm .
Then h is da u gh ters see h im a n d com e ou t of th e hou se. Th e
th ree con verse outs ide . At the end of th e scene An tiph o ret i resa nd then Pam ph ila , whereu pon Ph il u m en a su m m on s h er fem a leSla ve Crocotium to fet ch th e pa ra s i te Gela sim u s
,tha t h e m ay go
to th e‘
por t for n ews.
IN TR OD UCZYON
ACT I I .
S cen e I . Gel a sim u s is in a st reet sol u s. H e sol i loqu ises on
h is h u nger a nd n eed iness for 4 1 verses, when Crocotiu m en ters,a nd a fter Gela sim u s h a s sol i loqu ised f or 3 6 m ore ve rses
,h e
perce i ves h er , a nd they con verse,a nd Crocotiu m g i ves h er
m essa ge.
Scene I I . Th is scen e ou gh t to beg in 266 in stead of ‘U . 274.
Scen e ou tside Ph ilu m en a’
s hou se. Gela s im u s en ters from th e
spec ta tors’ r igh t . A s h e is wondering wha t Ph ilu m en a ca n
wa n t,Pin a ciu m en ters on th e spec ta tors
’ left in a t rem endou shu rry w i th th e n ews tha t Epign om u s h a s a rr i ved. He is
obv iou sl y t ipsy. Towa rds th e end of th e scen e, a s Pin a cium is
kn ock ing a t th e hou se door, Ge la sim u s a c costs h im a n d they
qu a rrel .S cen e I I I . Ph ilu m en a open s h er door a n d finds Pin a cium a nd
Gela sim u s ou t s ide. Pina ciu m perversel y keeps ba ck h is n ews,
b u t b u st les a bou t m ak in g prepa ra t ion s for a n en terta inm en t,
a nd Gela sim u s la ys h im sel f ou t to get a n in v i ta t ion . At la stPin a cium tel ls Ph ilu m en a of h er hu sban d’s a rr i va l
,a nd sh e dis
m isses th e pa ra s i te.
ACT I I I .
Scerze I . In terior of Epignom u s’ hou se. His s la ve Stich u s,
h is fem a le m u s i c ia n s a nd proba b l y h is pa ra s i tes and others, a reon th e s tage. Epig nom u s en ters from th e ba ck of th e hou se,retu rn s tha nks to h is gods, a nd a n n ou n ces t ha t h is good for tu neh a s recon c i led h im to h is fa ther-in - law. Then Stich u s a sks fora holida y
,wh ich he gets, a nd decla res his in ten t ion of ha v ing
a d inn er w i th h is fr ien d Saga rin u s and t he i r com m on fr ien dSteph aniu m .
S cen e I I . S t reet ou tside Epignom u s hou se. En ter Gela sim u s in qu est Of a m ea l, to t ry h is lu ck with Epign om u s. TO
h im en ters Epignom u s from th e cen tra l door. Th e scen e isoccu p ied with th e pa ra s i te
’
s ineffectu a l efforts to secu re an
in v i ta t i on .
F. P .
3 IN TR OD UCTI ON
ACT IV.
Scene I . St reet before Epignom u s’ hou se. E n ter Antiph o
a nd Pam ph ilippu s , p rob a b l y from th e left. They ta lk of th e
d in n er wh i ch they a re go ing to pa rtake Of a t Epignom u s’ hou se.
Then Epign om u s en ters from th e cen t ra l door, a n d a fter sa l u tat ion s An tiph o po in ts h is m o ra l tha t ‘fortu n e brin gs friends b ybegg ing a fem a le m u s i c ia n of Epign om u s. He then en tersth e hou se th rou gh th e cen t ra l door Of th e s tage. Hereu pon th e
b rothers see Gela sim u s a pproa ch ing .
S cen e I I . Th e scene is u n ch a nged. Epign om u s a nd Pam
ph i l ippu s a re on th e s ta ge. To t hem en ters Gela sim us. Th e
scene is occu p ied by th e pa ra s i te’s a bort i ve efforts to get a
d inn er ou t of P am ph ilippu s. Gela s im u s’ fin a l fa i lu re to a ch ieve
th e obj ec t of h is hope is th e on l y a pproa ch to a dé n ou em en tin th e p la y.
ACT V.
Th is a ct is devoted to th e prepa ra t ion s f or Stich u s’ fea st wi th
Pam ph ilippu s’two s la ves a nd to th e fea st i tsel f, a t th e Close o f
which th e th ree s la ves da n ce to th e m u si c of a tz'
bz'
cefl, whom
t hey have engaged.
PROSODY .
THE fo l lowing rem a rks wi l l su pp l y a l l th e ordin a ry s tu den tn eed kn ow a bou t Pla u t u s’ a dap ta t ion s of va riou s G reek m et res,so f a r a s rega rds th e Stz
'
c/zzcs.
I . Trocha i c tet ram eter ca ta lec t i c verses,
a dm i t th e t r ib ra ch a nd da c t y l in th e s even com plete fee t ( b u ton ly occa s ion a l l y in th e fou rth foot
,th e da cty l ra rely in th e
seven th), th e spondee a n d a n apaest in th e fi rst six feet, the
proce leu sm a t i c (th e spondee resol ved in to fou r short sy lla b les)seldom excep t in th e fi rs t foot . There is gen era l ly d iaeres is
e TROD UCTI ON xi.
a fter the fou rth foot l . Thi s m et re is u sed for d ia logue by Pla u tu sm ore tha n iam b i c sen a r z
’
z'
.
Trocha ic tet ram eter a c a ta lec t i c verses,tr oc/za z
'
cz'
octon czr z’
z’
,
adm i t th e t r ibra ch (an apaest) a s wel l a s the spondee in th e eigh thfoot a nd da c ty ls a nd a na paes ts in th e seven th ; b u t a re in o therrespects l ike See P er s. 5. 1 .
I am b ic t rim eter a ca ta lec t i c verses,z’
cmzéz’
cz’
sen a r zz,adm i t in
a ll feet except th e la s t, th e spondee (espec i a l l y in th e fifth foot),th e da cty l less freel y (n ot Often in th e fi fth foot), th e a n apm st
( ra rel y in th e th i rd foot), th e t ribra ch (very ra rely in th e fifth foot),a nd th e proceleu sm a t i c occa s i ona l ly in th e fi rst foot
,very ra rel y
elsewhere,ha rdl y ever i f ever in th e fifth foot . There is gene
ra l ly caesu ra in th e th i rd foot, less frequ en t ly in th e fou rth (a s inO c ca s ion a l ly there is n o caesu ra a s in 7x. 2 27 , a cpe
’
r zzcm
izzézzczcla spa r ed /fla ts.
I am bi c tet ram eter ca ta lec t i c ver ses,z'
c mzé z'
cz'
sepz‘ezza r zz or
com z'
cz'
gu a dm tz’
,adm i t spondees f reelv a nd a n apaests, da ctyls
a nd t r ib ra chs in th e first th ree fee t a n d in th e fi fth, s ix th , an d
seven th feet, a nd oc ca sion a l p roceleu sm a t i cs (a lm ost ex c lu s i vel yin th e odd p la ces, m ost l y in th e fi rst a n d fi fth). There is gen era ll y diaeres is a fter th e fou rth foot
,th e la st sylla b le of wh ich is
som et im es short , a s i f a t th e end of a verse. W hen there is n o
dimresis there is gen era l l y c zesu r a in th e fi fth foot .I am b ic tet ram eter a ca ta lect i c verses, z
'
czm bz'
cz'
oclon a r zz, adm i t
iam b ics on l y in th e eighth foot , a n d spondees a lm ost a lwa ys inth e seven th foot
,wh i le t r isy l la b i c feet a nd p roce leu sm a t i cs a re
ra re. W hen there is n o d iaeres is a fter th e fou rth foot (wh i ch ism ost Often a n iam b i c), there is gen era l l y ca su ra in th e fifth foo ta s in 2 79, 280 .
I am b i c d im eter a ca ta lect ic verses occu r M . 9— 1 7, 3 4—3 6,
and com b in ed wi th ca ta lect i c t r ipod ies 3—8.
An apm stic d im eter a ca ta lect ic verses adm i t spondees, da c ty ls(especia l ly in th e odd pla ces, b u t see we . 19, 20 ) a nd proceleu sm atics occa siona l ly in th e odd (b u t see 2 1) p la ces. They
1 Su ch a verse a s Q u id t’
ca m eae a n im ae'
sa lm r a eu e’
m'
t Adsz'
a’e /zz
'
c
pa ter is m ost com m on when diaeresis is absen t.
IN TR OD UCTI ON
gen era l l y h a ve dim resis between th e d ipod ies, b u t see 9 . 2 5 .
They gen era ll y oc cu r in con n ec ted system s en d ing u p w i th a
c a ta lect ic verse ca l led a pa roem ia c , see we . 3 0 , 48, a nd occa siona ll y va r ied b y a m onom eter. Two d im eters a re often com b inedin to a n a ca ta lec t i c te t ra m e ter
,a n d these tet ram eters
,a izapczestici
octorzczr z'
i, som et im es form a system end ing wi th a septeizczr iu s.
An a pzestic tet ram eter c a ta lec t i c verses,m mpa esi
‘ici septefl czr z'
z'
,
adm i t spondees a nd da c ty ls prom iscu ou sl y, even da c ty ls beforea n apm sts.
An apm stic d im eter ca ta lec t i c verses occu r con secu t ivel y
3 1 3—3 18, 3 22
—3 25, the three in terven ing verses being
a ca ta lec t i c d im e ters. These c a ta lect ic d im eters con s ist of
spondees, on e p roceleu sm a t i c,a n d on e a n apaes t .
B a cch ia c tet ram eters adm i t 2nd a nd 4th paeon s (v i—v v
,v é v
a m olossu s whence th e Ion i c a m ifl or i a nd a m a zoz'
z
(v v 4 —4 a nd choriam b u s —4 In W . 43 , 44 there a re
two ba cch i i,three m olossi
,a nd th ree chor i am b i .
§ 2 . Th e fol lowi ng a re spec ia l l i cen ses a dop ted by ea rl yLa t in dram a t ists a nd in pa rt i cu la r b y P la u tu s.
Fin a l -s a fter a short z'
or u is frequ en t l y ign ored in sc an sion,
even in th e s i x th foo t of a sen a ri u s, e . g . 71 . 57, P en“. 1
, 3 , 64,
qu id m in c ? qu id est? ga in cz’z’
cis qu id f ew/zin es sis ?) or th e
seven th foot of a t roch a i c tet ram eter c a ta lec t i c ver se, e . g .
622,7205112 /zic g u ide/xi g ezzz
'
zém m e/ior em n on f a cies .
éczm zcs,in .
In t roch a i c,iam b ic
,a nd a n a paest ic verses — (A) a ny dis
sy l labic thes is,a n d (B) a resolved a rs is 1 wh i ch beg in s wi th th e
beginn ing of a word , c an ha ve th e second sy lla b le i rra t ion a l (along syl la b le in stea d of a nd sca n n ed a s a shor t syl la b le).Tha t is
,a n a ppa ren t ba c ch iu s or c ret ic ca n s ta nd for a tro
ch aic foo t for 2 0 for l - v v ), for a n iam b ic or a n a
pzestic foot (v for v v —fi,
for a n appa ren t am ph ib ra ch (Jr—v ) c a n st and for a t rocha i c t r ib rach ; a n appa ren tsecond or fou rth paeon , f or a t roch a i c p roce leu sm a t i c (2 - 0 , or
1 Except in th e ca se o f a n I am b ic t ribra ch . For th e above ru lewou ld give v ¢ wherea s I am bi c an apaests (derived from spondees) a re
a ccen ted th u s v w i. For lim i ta tion s of th e ru le, see pp. xv, xvi.
IN TROD UCTI ON xi i i
for or for a n ia m b i c or a u apce stic p roceleu sm a t icor C 0 2 _ for v v J' v ).
Th e fol lowing in sta n ces a re fou nd in th e SYic/u cs.
A (CASES OF RESOLVE D T HES I S).
1 . TROCHA IC .
-am sorOr , s
n e'
c u olfin ta t
iam qu idem in s
-tt'
tm su pel lec tm s
-m t'
ts, SOI'Or , s
- I'
1m,sa t est
- t'
ist, Opt’
tst m
est qu od h t'
tc C\
-r'
)s apiit p
qu idém st quiast
qu idem féc
apt‘
it nOs
u olOspectten é tu hOC
3 . ANA PE ST IC.
28 decet nequ e 3 1 0 u idé qu am
3 7 ta ce sis 3 1 1 foré s an c
ca u é sis pedes pl t'
is n o
41 tam é tsi 3 1 2 ertim fug
47 p lacet taceo 3 2 1 inest qu as
(CASES OF RESOLVED ARS I S).
I . TROCHAIC .
83 sét hOC m i 99 bOn‘
as u t
89 Is est e (P) 1 1 3 uOlOsci
94 m ane pu l u sibi esse
98 u irOs nostr s 2 7 quod ad u os
-as fora's
qu im a lt’imnOn enim s
-a'
. iu bea s a pftt f r
h ic qu idem p
d t’
Im qu e se ex
hic enim m
tibi pla ce:Si qu idem p
n t'
tm qu am enim f
siqu idem m
e'
t qu idem n
x iv
3 06
3 29
3 3 5*
3 47
3 53
3 55
3 98
S I I
2 1
29
I IVTIEOD UCTI ON
“
sim filqu e
qu idem m iseriube m e 0 m
sim filqu e h a
qu idem gera
ego b m c a r
énim u ero
aput seh é ri m e
I v
I n h u n c diem
perinde 5.set cecu mu icissa tim
m odo in tro51t n os
I v v
apu t te er
senex c ierat m in
7 u idé licet
senex qu idl t'
Ipu m in sermEpign om
foris cen
it'
Ib é dom ~
2 . IAM B IC .
-Cu m lo’
qu i’
264 n on ab i
-em qu is h a é c 458 h ie qu idé zn
-
qu am nisi 1160
3 . ANAPAES’
I‘
I C .
m e sorOr s 4 1 h oc sOrOr I-m a sOrOr n 3 1 2 h ae fOré S
tib i pater f en t m al ftm m
n am n i ri
Th e frequ en t shorten i ngs of th e fi rst sylla b le Of il le, z/c &c .
and isl e,zlrtic
,&C. ha ve not been in c lu ded.
I t is to b e Observed tha t a m a j or i t y of th e a bove recordedl i cen ses con s ist in shorten in g the fin a l sy lla b le of a n iam b i cword
,so tha t th e verba l a c cen t m a y have coopera ted w i th th e
dom i’
coqu
dom i m ih i
per hanc tibi
qu idem ré
tibi accu bu é l in tersatis spectu idé Gel
n idem u t
u idé n b en
u idé n rid
uOlOu oc
nds m inistr
dom i su n ttam em b ibset in terim
qu id hic fa stbon t
’
tm iu s
age ergo ops
apt‘
it m e
fOraS egr
itast ing
11616 ; D a m am b
tén é , tib
[T
’VTI I’
OD UCTI ON xv
m etrica l i c t u s in th e shorten ing , a nd th a t there a re a bou t seveni n sta n ces of shorten ing / u
'
c,na ec
,nee
,l ucn c
,Il a /2c
,nin e
,lzn c a fter
a nother m onosylla b le. A lso in th e fol lowing in sta n ces wordswh i ch seem to bea r th e verba l a ccen t get shorten ed : ia m e
'
tsi
sibi ewe wh i ch is n ot a cer ta i n ca se,a s siqi a nd l
‘iqi a re
som et im es com pletel y el ided,sc
'
n zzZ/qn e ( 3 0 6, in eccm n
per in de (555, se‘i in ter im
cig e 573 0 i/Ze,il /ic
,in tr o
,is l
‘e,a nd istic. Nea rl y
a ll th e resolved theses in P la u t u s whi ch exhi b i t shorten ing of a
long sy lla b le beg in w i th th e beg i n n in g o f a word. I n 576
perhaps n e’
qn z’
ci cidn shou ld b e wri t ten . Mos t Of th e ex cep t ion sa re c ret i c words su ch a s r eper i
“
,inzpen i, n zczx n nze
”
, pa stim e“
,
a’
ign z’
ov
r ; b u t w e find pe'
rqu e ccfnser n i/in m , Capt. 2 . 1 . 53 .
Th e svlla b les wh i ch— n ot being th e fin a l sy lla b le Of a dissyl la b i c word or th e second Of two con sec u t i ve m on osyl la b i cwords— a re a bn orm a l l y shorten ed in Pla u tu s a c cord in g to th e
ru le g i ven an d i l lu st ra ted a bove m a y b e c la ssified a s fol lows1 . Those w i t h shor t vowels before il l
,n,1,r a nd a n other
con son an t,espec ia l l y ju s t a fter a p reposi t ion a s e
’
n inzn ero,n e
’
c
n ol zZn Za z‘e,a’
d in cif czs , se’
i in ter im,sin zzZlqn e, l zép znn in s cig e
erg o; a lso inde,net/(fie, zc z
’e. Perha ps th e vowel and th e n a sa l
or l iqu id coa lesce in to a son a n t .2 . Those wi th shor t vowels before a dou b le con son a n t , a s
eccnn z,ca zci/[cztion es 1, r ape/Zecti/is, a
"
n n enm n,n z
’
cz‘
ssa liin,cin e
,iZZe,
P hilippa .
3 . Those wi th sh ort vowels fol lowed b y a conson an ta l sou ndcom b in ed w i t h a s ib i la n t a s fix er
,tm ne
’
f s z’
, ea!
,dim pix (Capt
3 . 4. m in istrenzn s,zjzfisn s, isie, Jpson a éo, n eizisia te, M eier /u s
,
nzczg istm /n s.
4. Mon osy l la b i c p repos i t ion s, in com pos i t ion (a s ag e dbcz’zéce
,
nbi ciccn é cs,cinnzqu e sé e
v
x or n czt).
5. Sy lla b les con ta in in g th e s tern vowel of th e -d,
-e,a n d i
con j u ga t ion s, a s n ere’
bczn zin i, z'
n zper ci, r eper z"
,a n zciéo.
Som e a ppa ren t ca ses of shor ten ing of a long sy lla b le a re
proba b l y du e to syn cope, a s n olnp l cw pron ou n ced ice/pins, se
1 This m ay b e a ca se of syniz esis.
IN TR OD UCTI ON
n ecz‘ns p ron ou n ced sex/cine. Su ch a pron u nci a t i on p robab ly
bega n wi th a n d w a s m os t often appl ied to Ob l iqu e ca ses of
n oZnfi/a s a nd senectn s (see 53 2 ,
In m ost of th e ca ses in Pla u t u s a nd Teren ce in wh ich a longsylla b le is sca n n ed a s a short sy l la b le a fter a m onosylla b i c word,th e m onosy lla b i c word is e i ther qu id ( in terrog a t i ve), a person a l
p ron ou n, sea’
,n el , or n z
‘
,—p la ced in app r-ox im a te order of f re
q u en cy.
I t is proba b le tha t Pla u tu s fol lowed col loqu ia l p ron u n cia t ionin h is sca n s ion .
3 . Som e a rb i t ra ry ru les ha ve been la id down a s to th e
prosody of Pla u tu s wh i ch m a y b e n eg lec ted. E g .
“Th e t rocha i c
caesu ra of a da c t y l is forb idden,sa ve in th e fi rs t foot .” Y et
in 7x. 58 we fin d se’
r nos n0m (o) in the fi fth foot of a t rocha i ctet ram eter ca ta lect i c . Aga i n we a re to ld tha t g r a iia zn , g r a z
‘ia s
,
filios , one a re on l y dissyl la b i c in a na pae st i c m et res ; b u t see
7 1 a nd Capt. 3 . 5. 64,E rg o er’
q eopetizo"
ism/n g r a f im n . (incite,
Tr in . 4. I . 2, 5, 19. Y et ag a i n we a re told “An a n a paest shou ld
n ot b e d i v ided in iam b i c o r t rocha i c verse,so tha t its fi rs t
sylla b le is th e la st of a d issy lla b le or polysyl la b le, or‘
so tha t itstwo first sy l la b les a re th e two la s t of a polysy l la b le.
” B u t see
t/ . 85perp lex a éi/ite'
r ea r n n z lzen’z
’
e pe'
iyj n n ef a cic nn pector a , whereth e th i rd foot m u st b e e i ther - ter ed r or - iler ea - r cf. 528.
I t is not l ikel y tha t in 7x . 625 I nc is shor t before qnia’ein , a nd
t h is rem a rk is a lso app l i ca b le to z’
a nz before qu iet’em v . 62.
4. P la u tu s m akes free u se O f syn iz es is a nd Often t rea ts i a ndn a s conson a n ts, thu s fu s in g two sy l la b les in to one. This processis ind i ca ted th rou ghou t th e tex t of th is ed i t ion by i ta l ics. For
carnit,
2 c f. fu it pa ssinz a nd c repn it, A n ] . 4. 5. 5. Th e
con verse process, Of m ak ing ia nz a d issyl la b le a fter n nnc, isfou nd w . 1 15, 767 , 7 74.
5. Syn cope, or th e su ppression Of a short vowel when i t isbetween two con son a n ts wh ich ca n b e conven ien t ly pron ou ncedtogether, is u sed in Pla u tu s m ore freel y than in Cla ss ica l La t in ;3 a lier i
,a l fer cz pronou n ced a l tr i
,a ltr cz.
§ 6. H ia tu s is freel y a dm i t ted by Pla u tu s, b u t n ot oftenex cep t in the f ol lowing ca ses
IN TROD UCTI ON
1 . At th e diae resis or c zesu ra of a verse, e.g . 7 1 , 1 7 1 , 43 5,
7 At a cha nge of speakers or a m a rked pa u se in th e sen se
e'g ' 90 ) 1 3 7, I 472 22 1 , 270 : 43 5
3 . A fter m onosylla b les end ing in a l ong vowel, diph thong,or -m
,th e sa id m onosy lla b le be ing scan n ed a s short, e.g . W7}. 91,
1042 1 3 7 2 2 3 2 3 3 20 7 580 ) 74 1 , 754
4. W hen two vowel s of the sam e ch a ra cter com e t ogether,w 459, 587 , 648, 67 1 .
5. A fter a n i am bic word, e.g . 7 1 , 3 44.
E x cept ion a l ca ses a lso occu r a s in 1 80, 576, 7 3 1 .
§ 7 . Leng th b y posi t ion is n ot g i ven to a vowe l before a
con son a n t fol lowed b y r or Z.
§ 8 . I n the t im e Of P la u tu s m a n y vowels of fin a l syl lablesreta in ed ei ther regu la rl y or occa s ion a l l y th e orig in a l long qu a nt i t y wh i ch they a fterwa rds lost .E .g . th e fin a l -a of im , of th e n om in a t i ve a nd a ccusa t i ve
n eu te r p l u ra l of n ou n s a s oppici’ci,enznici; th e fin a l -e of th e
a b la t i ve of th e con sona n ta l dec len s ion (n ote cn nz c i‘
3 64, de
n esper z"
,M il . 4. 2 . a s P er s. 1 . 1 . 43 , pu m ice
"
; th e term in a t ion-d r of th e pa ssi ve fi rst person s ing u la r fu tu re a nd su bju nct i ve,the term in a t ion -z
'
t of th e th i rd person s ingu la r perfect indica t i vea ct ive, e.g . optigit, 3 84 ;
-ii of th e t h i rd person s ingu la r
presen t indi ca t i ve a ct i ve of th e fourth conju ga t ion , a nd o f fieri;th e th i rd person s ing u la r a ct i ve term ina t i on s -czi
,-ei (th e qu an t i ty
of scia z‘, 296, is dou btful) ; th e firs t person s ing u la r p resen tind i ca t i ve pa ssi ve of the fi rst conju ga t ion ; a nd th e n om in a t i veOf nou n s of wh i ch th e gen i t ive is -0
’
r i.r exh ibi t -a'
r , see 147 .
I n Plautu s es from su m is a long syllable, see 3 63 . Perha psth e n om in a t ive -es of n ou ns wh ich have th e gen i t ive ending in-z°
tis, idis, a s limpet, m iles, dines , obses, pr a eses, h ad th e e longdown to a t lea st th e m iddle of th e second cen tu ry B . C.
On the other hand we find ne f r n r i‘r zi sis, a nd th e nom ina
tives il lic, z’
sti’
c regu la rly, a nd som et im es / n"
c.
9. Plautu s is m u ch addicted to a l l i tera t i on of a ll k indsa nd is not a verse to rhym e. See W }. 1 2, 1 3 , 3 1, 3 2 (rhym e), 45, 7 7,85, 144, 150 , 151 ( rhym e), 206.495 ( rhym e)
xv i i i IN TROD UCTI ON
METRES OF TH E ST ICHUS.
I a n zbici sen a r ii, I am b i c tr im eter a ca ta lec t ic,
155 40 2-
504) 64 1 - 67 3 ) 762— 768
I a n zéici septen a r ii, I am bic tet ram eter ca ta lect i c wi thd iaeresi s a fter th e fou rth foot,w . 674
— 682, 7 69
—7 75
I a n zéici ocien czr ii,I am b i c tet ram eter a ca ta lect ic,
2 74, 2 75, 2 7 8— 280
,2 82— 287, 289, 290 , 294
—3 0 1,
3 0 3
I am b i c d im eter a ca ta lec t ic,
9— 1 7 , 3 4
—3 5 ca ta lec t i c
, 3 6
I am b i c d im eter com b ined wi th ca ta lect i c tripody,3— 8
Troc/zczici sefiten a r z’
z’
,t rocha i c tet ram eter c a ta lec t i c ,
27 7/ I’2) 58
— 1542 288) 293 3 3 O6%2 3 3 0
—40 1 : 505
— 640 )
683—7 6 1
Tr oc/zczici ocz‘on czr ii,t rocha i c tet ram eter a ca ta lec t ic,
276, 27 7 , 28 1 , 291 , 292, 3 0 2 , 3 2 7—3 29
An apaest i c d im eter,w 18— 3 3 , 3 7
—42 , 45
—47 , 3 1 3
—3 25
A napczesz‘ici ocion a r z
’
z
’
,a n apae s t i c tet ram eter a ca ta lec t i c,
3 0 9—3 1 2
Ba cch ia c tet ram e ter a ca ta lec t ic,
7 7 a 4a—44
I n th e fi rs t ca n t i cu m,th e first 47 verses of th e open ing scen e
,
t here a re n in e cha ng es Of m et re,iam b i cs, t rochees, a n apm StS
‘
a nd é a ccnii being em p loyed ; in th e secon d ca n t i cu m,th e
second scen e of th e secon d a ct,
274—3 29, there a re si x teen
cha nges Of m et re,t rocha ic verses ra p idl y a l tern a t ing wi th i am b i c
verses from th e beg in n ing of th e scen e to v . 3 0 8. Th e th ird
c a n t icu m , Ac t V. Sc . I I I .,a nd th e fou rth ca n t i c u m
,wh i ch closes
th e p la y, on l y con s is t respec t i ve ly of n in e a nd seven i am b ictet ra m eter ca ta lec t i c verses.
This verse m ay perh aps b e an ia m bicn s ecton a r in s.
D RAMATIS PERSONAE
PH ILVMENA 1 Pan egy ris]PAMPH I LA 1
[Pin aciu m ]
ANT I PHO An Old m an , a widower .GELASIMVS A hu ngry pa ra si teP INACIVM 2
[D inaciu m ] One of Ph ilu m en a’
s slaves.EP IGNOMVS H a sb a nd of Ph ilu m en a
PAMPH ILI PPVS Hu sband of Pam phila
STICHVS slave of Epign om u s .
SAGARINVS slave of Pa m ph ilippu s.
STEPHAN IVM fem a le sla ve of Pam ph ilippu s, beloved by Stichu sa nd his friend Saga rin u s.
CROCOTIVM fem a le slave of Ph ilu m en a .
T IB ICEN A m u sic ian .
Da u ghters of An tipho.
Brothers.
1 These n am es a re on ly preserved by A before the first scene.
O ther MSS. g ive P a n egy r is a nd P in a ciu m a s th e si s ters’ n am es.
9 Th e two best MSS . A and B g ive P in a cizizn ,thu s showing tha t
Antipho’
s dau gh ter cou ld not wel l b e ca l led Pinaciu m . T he rest giveD in a cinm , which som e ed i tors have adopted.
T . MACCI PLAVTI STICHVS .
ARGVMENTVM ACROSTICHVM
Sen e’
x ca stiga t fi l ia s, quod cae u iros
Tam pe'
rseu eren t pe’
regrin a n tis pa tiperes
I ta sustin ere fratres n eque re l inquere
Con traqu e n erb i s dé lenitu r com m odi s,
H abere u t sin eret, quo s sem e l n ac ta é foren t.
V i r i reu eniu n t Opib u s a n e t i t ran s m a re
Suam qu i sque retinet, ac Sticho ludus datu r.
5
ST I CHVS.
ACTVS I . SCENA I .
PH I LVMENA. PAMPH I LA.
PH. Credo ego m iseram fui sse Pénelopam , soror, suo ex
an im o ,qua e tam din u idtia u iro sno carnit n am nos éins a nim u m
de nOStris fa c t i s n é scim u s, qu a rum hin c u iri a b su nt,
qu ortim qu idem n os n egOtiiS ab sén tu m ,ita u t a equ om st, 5
sollicitae n oct i s e’
t die s, sor61 , su m u s sem per.
PA. Nos trum Officiu m aequ om st facere nos : n eque id
m agi s fa cim u s
quam nOs m on e t p ietas . PH . Set hie, l s or6r, a dside
1 . I n terior of Ph ilu m en a’
s
h ou se. Philu m en a and Pam ph ila
en ter from the ba ck pa rt of th e
hou se.
The first two verses seem to b e
t rocha ic tetram eter ca ta lect ic withthe u l tim a of sor or an irra t ion a llong , i.e. scann ed as shor t . I
fol low MSS. excep t as to d ivisiono f lines. For 7th foot cf. Capt. 4.
2 . 44. Ritsch l and others a l ter .su o Streng then s th e phra se ex
a m m o.
2. niau a car u it ‘W as desola te
F. P .
throu gh th e absen ce of .’ For
syn ezesis see p. xvi . 4.
3 . f a ctis Experience.
’
7 . sorOr Th e orig in a l leng th of
th e u ltim o is preserved, cf. o. 1 47 .
a dside Cf . 92, Adside Il ic ,
pa ter . MSS . have tu m m ietta b e~
fore u olo. Ritsch l reads,— Setlzn c, sor or , a
'
dsz'
esdnm : Vo/olaqu i
de r é u ir i. B u t adesdu m is ha rdlysu pport enou gh for th e en cl i t icwith th e horta tive conj u n ct ive(odsies being th e old form of adsis,cf. Gk . sins for ésins).
2 P I A VT] [1 I , 8— 26
u olo tecum loqu i de r é ni r i . I PA . Sa lu aén e am abo ?
PH . Spero qu idem et u olo. se t hoc,
sor6r, c ru cior pa trém tuum
m enm qu e adeo , qu i un us tinice
ciu ib u s ex om nib t’
ts p robus
perh ib e’
tu r,eum n un c inprobi
u iri Officio u t i : qu i u iris
tan tas a b sen tib tis fac i t
n ostris inm erito initirias
nosqu e ab e i s uo l t a b dticere.
ha ec r é s u it’
a e m e, sOror, sa turan t,ha ec m ih i diu idia e et sé nio sun t .
PA. Ne lacru m a,soro r, n eu ttio i d a nim o
fac quod t ib i pa ter fa cere m in a tu r.
spes e st cu m m el ius factu ru m'
.
nou i ego illu m : iocu lo'
ista é c dicit
n eque tllic s ib i m erea t Persa rum
m on tis qu i esse aure i pé rhib en tu r,u t istt
’
I c f aciat quod tti m etu is.
loqu i See 1 8— 28, n ote.
Sal u a ene am a b o ? Note pl . 7 esu nderstood from r e. For a m obo,a n a ffec tiona te or coax ing expression,=
‘prith ee a s h ere,or p lease,
’
cf. 91 .
1 1 . 1111118 u nice Cu m u la t ivel ike n it/no u ir o sn o tor n it
,2 .
P . is fond of su ch rein forcem en t .1 2, 1 3 . Note a l l i tera t ion , five
b’
s .
14 . officio u ti‘I s a ct ing the pa rt
of .’
Cf . m] : f ung i, Au ct . H er . 4 .
1 8— 28 . An a n apaest ic systemfollowed by five anapaestic dim e
ters. Note th e i rra t iona l longsy l lable a fter m etrica l a ccen t o f
dactyl m e soro’
r s . , 1 8 , 20 (cf.n am vir z
"
, 29 and 4 1) and
th e p roceleu sm a ti c dete’t . n equ e id,0 . 2 8 (Cf . and dtn nz , o . 2 3 ,il lic , 24, istzcc, 26.
1 8 . u itae satu rant ‘Makem e wea ry of l i fe.
’An u nsu ppor ted
u se of sa tu r a r e a s i f sa tzczr e. For
th e gen . cf . sotu r with gen . a sTer .
Ad. s. om n znm r er u m sa tn r .
20 . anim o D at. Th e sense is‘and do n ot d istress you r m ind.
’
Th e fa ther was threa ten ing l i tera ldin idia a s wel l as din idioz z z ‘vex at ion ’
21 . pa ter Th e zdtzm a is n ot
leng then ed by posi t ion .
23 . ista ec D em on str . p ron . of
2nd pers . , l ike istn c, WI}. 26, 1 0 7 .
24 . il lic Ritsch l . MSS . die.26. u t Shor t for en Zege a t, ‘on
condi t ion of doing .
’
4 FLA VTI [I 1 , 48— 2
, 6 1
PH . Nol o ego, soro r, m e cre’
di esse im m em orém n ir i
n eque i l l e éos hon ores m ih i quos habu i t pé rdidit.
50 n am m ih i pol gra ta a ccéptaqu e h nin st b enignitas.
Et m e qu idem ha ec condit i o n un c n on paénitet
n equ e’
st quor stu deam has nuptias m u tarier .
u ertim pos t rem o in patri s potestaté st situ m
faciundu m st n obi s quod pa ren tes inpera nt.
55PA. Sc i o atque in cog itando m aerore angeor
n am prope m odum iam osténdit snom sen té ntiam .
PH . Igitt’
tr qu a eram u s n obi s qu id fa c to usus sit.
ACTVS I . SCENA I I .
ANTIPHO. PH I LVMENA. PAMPHILA . (CROCOTIVM.)
AN . Q u i m ane t u t m oneatu r sem per se’
ru os hom o offi
Citim suum
né c u olu n ta te i d facere m em init, sé ru os i s habi tu ha t’
I
prob ost.
nos m em inistis quOtka lendis pe’
tere dem ensum cibum
qu i m inu s m em inistis quod opu St fac to fa cere in ae’
dib u s ?
53 . patris Th e s is si len t .Note two consecu tive feet end ingin -est.
55. au g eor‘I am loaded with .
’
There is a b i tter pleasan try in th ephrase, as a nger e in th is sense is
genera l ly appl ied to wha t is desi ra ble. P am phila h a s been repressing h er fea rs a nd h er a ffect ion ,
b u t now sh e in h er tu rn cha ngesh er tone. W hereu pon Ph ilu m en a ,
57, is m oved by h er sister’s distress to su ggest tha t they shou ldn ot give in withou t som e effort toget thei r own w ay.
57. qu id f a cto u su s sit ‘W h a t
we h ad bet ter do ’
; cf. 61 qu od
opu st j'
octo. Th e pa rticip le doesnot govern qu id.
58 . Before Philum en a’s hou se.
En ter An tipho wi th a sla ve in
a t tenda n ce. sernos Note the insertion o f th e an teceden t in th e
su bord ina te pa rt of the rela t iveCla u se .
59. u ol u ntate Th e secondsyl lable is scanned short, perhapsa s a n a sa l son an t .60. qu otka l en dis Cf . qu eta n
m s.
61 . f a cto Cf . o . 57.
I 2 , 62— 75] STI CI I VS 5
iam qu idem i n su o qu icqu é l o co ni s i cr i t m ih i situm su
pel lé ctilis, 5
qu om ego reu orta r , nos m onim entis COnm onefaciam b u
bul i s .
nOn hom in es h a b itare m ecum m ih i u iden tu r, se t sues.
dom u m .
65 facite su ltis nitidae u t a edes m tae s in t , qu om redeam
iam ego dom i adero : ad m éam m aiorem fi l iam in u iso
dom u m .
siqu is qu aeret m e, inde u oca tote aliqu i : au t iam egom et
h iC ero . I O
PH. Quid agim u s,soror, s i Offirm a b it pater adu orsu m
nos ? PA . Pa t i I I
nos oportet quod i l l e facia t, quo’
t’
a s po tes ta s p lus po tes t. 1 2
70 exorando, hau t adu orsando Stim u ndam operam Cé nseo. 2 2
gratiam a pa t re s i pé tim u s, spero ab eo im petrassere. 2 3
adu orsari sin e dedecore et scé lere sum m o hau pOssum u s : 24
n eque ego i d su m fa ctura neque tu u t facia s con s i l ium
da bo,
u érum u t ex orém u s.
ratiOcinor
62. iam According to Bu cheler som e m onosyl lables a re short~ened before qu idem .
63 . m onim entis b u b u l is ‘W i threm inders of cow -hide.
’
65. su l tis= si u u /tis.
66, 67 . Addressed to th e slave,who is thu s sen t hom e.
66. iam ego dom i adero ‘I
sha l l b e hom e di rec t ly .
’
67 . h ie ‘There,’
dom i.
68 . Th e sisters appea r at th e
door, whi le thei r fa ther (whomthey do not see) is st i l l a t th e sideof the stage looking after th e slavehe h as sen t hom e. After 73
25
n oui ego nOstros : ex orab ilist. 2 6
75AN . Prin c ip ium ego quo pac to cu m i l l i s dec u piam ,id
I 7
they ret ire , whereu pon Antipho
t u rns to th e a u dience a nd towa rdsthe close of his Sol i loqu y ap
proa ch es the door.69. qu oin s Here the word
m ay b e a d issyl lable w i th the s
si len t.70— 8 3 . Th e order of th ese
verses in th e Mss . excep t A is
indica ted in th e m a rgin .
7 1 . im pet ra ssero So th e bestMSS. , A and B . A fu tu re in f . a ct.Cf . r econ cilia ssere Capt. 1 . 2 . 65,oppug n a sser e Am . 1 . 1 . 55 (RobyBk . I I . chap . xx . p. 197)74. nostros PI . of dign i ty .
6 FLA VT] [I 2, 7 6
—9
titru m ego perplex im lacessam oratione ad hunc m odum, 1 8
quasi n um qu am qu icqu am adeo adsim u lem , an quasi qu id
inda u diu erim I 9
éa s in se m eru isse cu lpam : pOtiu s tem ptem léniter 2 0
an m in a cité r . scio l i t i s fore z ego m ea s n ou i Optu m e. 2 1
80 si m an ere h i c sese m a lin t pOtiu s quam a l i o nt’
Ib ere, I 3
fac ian t : qu id m ih i opust decurso aetatis spa t i o Ct’
im m ei s I 4
gé rere bel lum , quOm n il qu am ob rem id faciam m eru isse
arb itror ? I 5
m inu m e : nolo ttirb a s. set hoe m ih i Optu m u m factu ar
bi tto r I 6
sic fa ciam : adsim u lab o qua s i quam cu lpam in sese ad
m iserin t. 2 7
85pé rplex ab ilité r earu m hod i e pé rpa u efa ciam pec tora
pos t i d igi tur deinde u t a n im us m é u s es t, i d faciam pa lam .
m u l ta scio fa citinda u erb a : ibo in t ro. se t apertast f ori s. 3 0
PH . Cer to en im m ih i pa té rn ae u ocis sOnitu S a ur i s accidit.
PA. Is es t eca stor : fé rre adu orsu m bom in i Occu pem u s
Osculum .
90 PH . Seilu e,m i pa ter. AN . Et nos am bae. ilico agite
ab scédite.
PH . Osculum . AN. Sa t es t Oscu l i m ih i n os tr i . PH.
Qui, pa ter ?
AN . Quia ita m eae a nim a é sa lsu ra eu é nit. PA. Adside
h i c, p'
a ter. 3 5
7 7 . adeo To b e taken withn u m qu am ,
‘by no m a nner of
m ea ns,’ cf. 2 1 2 .
Note a l l i tera t ion of qu , d a nd m .
8 3 . h oc Pron ou n ced as a shortsy l la ble, cf. hodie.
84. in Ritsch l a fter A reads ad.
88 . Ph ilum ena and then Pamphi la appea r a t window or door .enim Perhaps im is pron ou nced
a s a nasa l son an t , c f . en im n im is
o . 96, a nd 3 1 2 . I n P la u tu sen im is often corrobora tive, see
97 , 60 0 .
a u ris Cicero a nd Livy u se a d
a u r is after occider e, Livy a lsoa u r ion s.
89. Is est Pronou n ced ist.
After this verse th e sisters com e
ou t to greet their fa ther.
I 2. 93— 1 0 9]
AN.
sé llio.
PA . Man e pu l u in u m .
f u lttim st m ih i .
AN .
STI CH VS 7
NOn sedeo istic : u OS sede te : ego sedero in sub
Bé ne p rocu ra s m ihi : sa t Sic
95 PA. Sin e, pa ter . AN . Quid opust? PA. OpuSt. AN .
Morem t ib i geram . a tque hoc es t sa t i s .
PA. Num qu am en im n im i s cu rate possu n t suu m pa ren
tem filiae. 3 9
quem a équ iu st potiOrem h ab ere . qu am te ? postidea, pa ter,u iros nostros, qu ibus tti n os u olu isti esse m a t res fam i l ia s ?
AN .
sen t i s u iros
100 p ro’
l’
ude h ab etis quasi praesen tes sin t .
pa ter,
Bon a s u t a equ om st facere fa citis, quOm tam en ap
PA . Pu dicitiast,
eos nos m agnificare qu i n os socia s su m psertin t s ib i .
AN .
rib u s ?
PH .
m u m adhib eri u olo.
Nullu st pra e ter n6squ e teque .
Ntim qu is h i c es t a l ien us n ostris d ie tls auceps a ti
AN . VOStru m an i
45
nam ego ad u os n un c inperitu s rerum et m orum m tilieru m
105discipulus u enio ad m agistra s : qu ibus m a trona s m Orib u s
quae Optu m a e sun t esse oportet, id u traqu e u t dicat
m ih i .
PA.
ré s u enis
Quid istu c es t quod huc éxqu aesitum m t’
tlieru m m o
50
AN. PO1 ego uxorem qu a éro, postqu am uOstra m a ter
m Ortu ast.
PA.
98 , 99. Both n ir as and B on as
Scan as pyrrhics or m onosyl lab les,c f . 1 1 3 u olo sc .
102. au cep s anr ib u s‘Ea ves
.d ropper,’in which sense a u ceps is
~
a lso u sed by i tself. Th e da t; is
Faci l e in u enies é t peiOrem et petu s m ora tam, pa ter,
inst ru m en ta l , whi le dietz'
s is da t.a fter est a u ceps, Cf . M il . 4 . 1 . 9n e qu is n ostr o lzic a u ceps se
'
r m on i
siet.‘W ha t do
you m ean by saying tha t ,’ cf. 1 2 7 .
FLA VTI [1 2 , 1 1 0— 1 2 6
110 quam il la fuit : m eliOrem n eque tu réperies n eque SO]
u idet.
AN. At ego ex te exqu aero atque ex ista c tzZa sorore.
PA.
‘
EdepOl, pa ter, 54
scio u t oportet é sse : s i s in t ita u t ego aequ om cénseo.
AN. V010 scire ergo u t a é qu om cen ses. PA. Ht, per
u rb em qu om am b u len t,
omn ibu s o s opttiren t, n equ is m é r i to m a l e dicat s ibi.
115AN . D ic u icissim n un c iam tu. PH . Quid u is t ibi div
cam, pa ter ?
AN . Ub i facillu m é specta tu r m tilier qua e ingenidst bono ?
PH . Quoi m a le faciu ndist po tes ta s, qu Om n e id faciat
tém perat. 60
AN. H ad m a l e istu c . age tu [dice] : u trast condi t i o pén é
Sio r,nirginem n e an u idu am habere ? PA. Quan ta m ea st
-
A
sa a
pié n tia ,
120 ex"
m a l i s m ul tis m a lum quod m inu rrium st, id min umést
m a lum .
qu i po te m u lierés u ita re, l S u itet : u t cotidie
pridie cau eat me fa cia t quod pigeat postridie.
AN. Q uae t i b i m u l ier u idetu r m u lto sapientissu m a ?
PH . Qua e tam en , qu om ré s secu nda e sun t, se poterit
nOscere
125 ét il la qua e a equo an imo patietu r sibi esse pe iu s quam
AN . Edepol nos lep ide tem ptau i u é stru m qu e ingenium
ingent
1 12. si sint Equ al to u tin a m 126. . nostr u m Ing enium ing eni
sint.‘The inheren t qu a lit ies of you r
11 3 . VO10 Cf . 98, 99. cha ra cter,’ ‘th e ben t of you r dis1 1 8 . dice : u tr a st Mss. a lter a , There is n o hypa l
‘
u tr a sit. lage, thou gh ou r idiom pla cesconditio See p ensior
‘in higherth e pron om ina l adject ive with th egenitive.
13 5AN .
I 2 , 1 2 7— 1 43 ] STI CH VS 9
é t hoc es t quod ad u os u é nio quodque esse am ba s con
u en tas u olo 7 0
ita m i auc tores stin t am i ci , u t UOS h inc ab du cam dom u m .
PA . At en im nos qu a rum res agi tur al i ter auc tore’
s
su m u s.
1 3 0 n am a tit ol im ,n i s i tibi placeb ant, non da ta s opOrtu it
aut nun c n on aequoin st abduci , pater, i l l i s ab sén tib u s.
AN. Vosn e ego pa t ia r Ct’
im m endicis nupta s m e u i
n ir i s
PA.
pla ce t .
75
Placet i l l e m eu s m ih i m endicu s : szZu s rex regin ae
idem a nim u st in pauperta te qu i Ol im in diu itiis fui t .
VOS la trones e’
t m endicos hom in es m agni pénditis ?
PH. NOn tu m e a rgen to dedisti opinor n u ptu m ,se t u iro.
AN .
n ium P
Qu id illos ex pectatis qu i ab hin c iam abieru nt tr ie’
n
8 0
quin u os cap i t i s COnditionem ex pe’
ssum a prim ariam ?
PA .
AN .
pa t ri s
Sttiltitiast, pa ter, u ena tum ducere inu itas ca n es.
140 ho s t i s es t uxo r in u ita qua e ad u iru m n u ptum da tu r.
Cé rtum nest neu tram u ostrarum pé rsequ i im peritim
PH . Pé rsequ im u r : n am quo dedisti nuptum abire no’
lu m u s.
AN .
qua r.
127 . qu od u enio Not qu i te th esam e as qu oa
'u en iam . Ra ther
‘the fa ct tha t I com e,
’ cf. 1 0 7,than ‘
th e reason why I com e,’noc
m ea n ing ‘for this rea son .
’
esse conu enta s‘To have been
visi ted (by Cf . .Mil . 4 . 4 2 .
1 29. At enim Equ iva len t to
dAAc‘
I. ydp. See 88 .
1 3 8 .
‘W hy do you not a cceptan u nexcept ionable estab lishm en t
85
Béne ua le te : ibo atque am i c i s u é stra con s i l ia é lo
in pla ce of an u tterly wretchedon e ?
’Cf . 51 , 1 1 8 for conditio
m ean ing m a rried sta te.
’
3
141 . u ostrar um P la u tu s u ses
u ostr ar um ,u ostr a r u m , for the
genit ive of u os .
142. qu o I .e. ad qu os, see
1 40 ad u ir u m n uptu m da tu r, cf.
2 3 1 pa r asitu m in a nem qu o r e
conda s reliqu ia s.
STI CH VS [I 2, 1 44
— 1 54
PA. PrOb iores, credo , arb itra b u n t, si prob is narrau eris.
145AN . Ctirate ig i tu r fam i l iarem rem u t potestis Optu m e.
PH . Nt’
mc p la ces qu om re’
c te m on s tra s : n un c t i bi a u scu l
tab im u s.
n un c, soror, a b eam u s in t ro. PA . Im m o in ternisam do
m um . 9°
Si ab n i ro tib i f orte u eniet n t’
Intiu s, fae i to tit sc iam .
PH . Ne’
que ego t e celab o n eque tu m e’
cela ssis qu6d
sc ia s .
150 ého Crocotiu m , i, pa ra situ m Gé la sim u m huc a rcé ssit0 °
t ecum adduce . nam illu m eca stor m i t tere ad portum u olo,
siqu ae for te ex As ia n an i s her i eo a u t hod ie u é nerit. 95
nam dies to tos apu t por tu m sern os unu s adsidet
set tam en u olo in teru isi. prOpera a tque a ctu ttim redi .
144 . Pr ob ior es ar b itr ab u n t‘they w il l th ink u s m ore hon ora ble ’
(than i f we took you r a d
v ice).145. After this verse ex i t An
tiph o .
147 . soror For the long u l t im a
cf. 7 , 1 40 , u x or .
in t ro Fol lowed by hia tu s witha change of speakers. dom um
Pam ph ila’
s own hom e.
149. n equ e cel a ssis For n equ e
et n e in a prohib i t ion Lewis a ndShort on ly c i te Livy . For old
fu t. in —so see 7 1 .
1 50. As soon as Pam phila goesoff , Ph ilu m en a ca l ls Crocotium ,
wh o at once “ com es ou t of th e
hou se.
I ’ZA VTI [I I 1 , 1 7 1— 1 94
nun c si ridicu lu m hOm in em qu aerat qu ispiam ,
u enalis ego su m c u m Orn am en tis Om n ibus
inanim en tis é x plem en tu m qu a é rito.
Gelasim o n om en m i indidit pa r uo pa ter,175 qu ia iam a pa u sillo ptiero ridicu lus f u i.
’
propter pa u periem hoc adeo n om en répperi,
eo quia pau pertas feci t ridic u ltis forem
n am i l la art i s om nis pé rdocet, ub i quem attigit.
per annOnam ca ram d ix i t m e n a ttim pa ter
180 propté rea , credo, n t’
I nc esu rio é cr in s .
se t —gener i no s tro ha ec réddita st b enignita s
n ul li n egare so l eo, siqu i esrim u ocat.
orat i o u na in té riit hom in u m pe’
ssu m e,
a tque Optum a herc le m eo an im o et scitissu m a ,
185 qu a a n te I’
I teb an tu r ‘u é ni i l l o ad cen am : s i c fa ce
prom itte u ero : n é gra u a re : es t COm m Odu m ?
u olo inqu am fieri : nOn am ittam quin ea s.
’
nun c re’
ppereru n t iam ti u erbo u icariu m ,
nihili quidem h erc le u érb u m i d a c u ilissum u m
‘u océm te '
ad cenam,n is i egom et cen ém foris.’
ei he’
rc le u erb o lum b os defra ctOs u elim ,
ni u é re perierit, Si cen a ssit dom i.h a ec u é rb a su b igu nt m e u ti m ores barba ros
d iscam atque u t fa eiam praécon is compendium
1 7 1 . ridicu l u m‘Facet iou s,
’1 81 . r eddita st
‘H as been‘am u sing .
’As sb ., 1 75, 1 77 r idi g i ven a s com pen sa t ion .
’
cu tu s z‘a b u ffoon , a professiona l 1 87 . am ittam
"Let you of f
joker .’ from com ing .
’
1 72. or n am en tis‘Appu rte 191 . def r a ctos
‘Sou ndly bea tn an ces.
’
1 79. per annon am ca r am So 192 . So Cam era riu s. u i u er e
MSS . Bothe per ca r om a n n on am , per ter it B , n iu e r epleu er it C .
‘when pr ices were high .
’ 193 . b ar b ar os I .e. Rom an .
180. esu rio To a void hia tu s 194. f a ciam p raeconis com ~
ego esu r io and adessu r io (Ritsch l) pendiu m‘Save the cost of a n
have been proposed. a u c tion eer .’
I I 1, 1 95
— 2 2 0 ] STI CH VS 1 3
195itaqu e auctionem praédicem , ip se u t u énditem .
CR . H ic i l les t pa ra situ s quem arcessitu m m issa sum
qua e q u itu r au scu ltab o pr iu s quam cOn loqu a r.
GE . Set cur i o s i sun t h i c com plu res m a l i ,’
a l ié na s qu i'
res cu ran t s tudi o m ax u m o,
200 quibus ipsis nul la s t res quam procuren t su a .
ei quando quem au ctiOnem factu rum sc ia n t
adet’
tn t, perqu iru nt quid s i e t ca u ssae ilico
u xOrin s i t reddtinda dos diu o’
r tio
a lién u m aes coga t an pa ra rit pra edium .
205eos Om nis tam e ts i h erc le h a tit indign os indico
qu i m u l tum m i seri sa t lab orent, nil m oror.
dicam auctionis caussam , u t dam n o gaudea n t
n am curiosu s n e’
m ost qu in s i t m aleu olu s.
[ipse e’
gom et qu am ob rem auction em prae’
dicem ,] 55
dam n a é u ener u n t m ax um a, [heu,] m iseré m ih i
210 1ta m e m an cu pia m iseru m adfecerun t m a l e
potationes pluru m a e dem Or tu ae
quo t adeo cena e quas defleu i m Ortu ae,quo t pOtiones m nlsi
, quo t i tem prandia ,
quae in ter continu om pé rdidi tr ienn ium .
215pra e m ae’
rore adeo m i ser a tque a egrittidine
consé n u i : pa ene- sum fam e dem o
’
r tu os.
CR. Ridicu lu s a cque n ullu st [quam ] quando é su rit.GE. Nun c auctionem facere decrettim st m ihi
foras necessu m st qu idqu id h ab eo u éndere.
220 a deste su ltis : pra éda erit praesén tium .
1 95. As Gelasim u s is fin ishing 208 . A fter this verse a ll MSS.
this first pa rt of h is sol i loqu y, Crocotium en ters so tha t h e does n otsee h er , and speaks in a n a sidewhile h e takes brea th (as she does
206 . Ritsch l . A su n t, the
rest sin t.
ex cep t A in sert th e verse enc losedin bra ckets.
21 3 . item Brix,MSS . a u tem .
216 . f am e dem ortu os Ritsch l .
MS S . f am ed em or tu u s.
21 7 . qu am Su pp l ied by Cam e
ra riu s.
P TA VT] [I I 1 , 2 2 1— 242 1
logOs ridicu los n endo . age‘
lice’
m ini.
qu i s Cena poscit ? é cqui poscit prandi o ?H ercu l 'eo sta b u rit prandi o , cena
'
t i b i .eh em , adn u istin
'
? n em o m eliore’
s dabit
225[nul l i m eliores esse pa ra s i to sin am ]ca u il lation es
,adsen ta titincu la s
a c périu ra titin cu la s pa ra s i t i ca s.rob iginosam strigilem , am pu llam rub idam
[ad] un ction es Gr a é ca s su da t6ria s
23 0 nendO, ue l a l ia s m ala ca s crapu laria s
pa ra situ m in an em qu 6 reconda s re l iqu ia s .
ha ec u éniu isse iam opus es t quan tum po testu t
,dé cum am pa r tem [Si] Hé rciili pollticeam ,
eo m ai or 9"
23 5CR . Ecastor a u ctiOn em [n on] m agni pre ti.
adh aé sit b om in i ad in f u m u m u en tre’
m fam es .
adibo ad hom in em . GE. Quis ha ec es t qua e adu orsum
u en it?
Epign om i an ci l la ha e’
c qu idem st, CrocOtiu m .
CR. Gelasim e, sa lu e . GE . N6n i d es t n om en m ihi.
240 CR. CertOmeca stor id fu i t n om en t i b i.GE . Fuit disertim , ueru m id usu pé rdidi
nun c Miccotrogu s n ém in e e u erO u ocor.
23 0. u el a l ia s 8 0 A .
O ther MSS. u . a . m a ta ca str a p u l 23 3 .
ta n ti,‘for a s m u ch as possible.
’
pol l u ceam . A sa crific ia l[a r ia s or u . a . m aZa s a mpu lla r ia s .
Ritsch l , p u lu iZ/os m ata cos cr apula r ios . I t is qu i te l ikely tha tcool ing u ngu en ts were u sed bysu ff erers from excess a t table .
23 1 . Gela sim u s hu m orou sly describes him self a s an em pty re
cepta cle for fragm en ts of food .
qu o‘I n to which
,
’ cf. 1 42 .
23 2. qu an tum potest Sc .
term , especia l ly in referen ce to
offerings of food a n d drink .
23 4 . I f E ca stor which A om i tsis sou nd, th e verse is m u t il a ted.
Th e sen se m ay b e‘there m ay b e
so m u ch th e m ore for th e pa tronof g lu ttons to enjoy .
’
242. nom in e e u ero‘On ac
cou n t of th e appropria teness of
th e n am e.
’
245GE.
250 GE .
255CR.
11 I,2 43
— 2 64] STI CH VS 1 5
CR. Au , ri’
s i te hodi e m u l tum . GE. Qua ndo au t quo
in l o co ?
CR. Hic , qu om a uctionem praédicab as pé ssum am . 90
Eho,
an audiu isti? CR. Té qu idem dignissu m am .
GE . Quo n un c i s ? CR . Ad te. GE. Quid u enis ?
CR. Philum en a
rogare iu ssit té niet opere m ax u m o,
m ecum sim itu u t i res ad sese dom u m .
Ego illu c m e/zercle u é ro eo quan tum po tis.
iam ne ex ta coota sun t ? quo t agn i s fé cerat ?
CR .
qu id igi tur m e uol t ?
rogar e opinor . GE.
GE.
i l la qu i dem n ul lum sacrufica u it. GE . Q uo m odo ?
CR. Tr i t i c ii
m odios decem
Méne, u t a b sese petam ?
Im m o tu u t aps te m u tu om n obis da res .
Nega esse qu od dem n é c m ihi nec ez'
m utu om
I OO
neque aliu t qu icqu am nis i hoc quod h ab eo pal l ium .
lingu am quoque et iam u éndidi da tar iam .
CR . Au ,
260 nul lan t ib i lingu ast? GE. Quae’
qu idem d i cit ‘dabo ’
u eterém reliqu i : eccillam qua e dicé t ‘cedo .
’
CR .
GE.
Ma lum mi t i b i den t 9k 26 ili
Ma lum qu idem si u i s, ha ec eadem dicé t tib i .
CR. Quid n unc ? itu ru’
s an n on ? GE. Ab i san é dom am
244 . pessum am . GE . SoRitschl. MSS . GE. P an a m a .
251 . agn is Cf . Verg . E d . 3 .
7 7 cz s a cz’
a m u z’
tu la pr of r u gié u s.
253 . u ol t \Vhen u eZ/e m eans
‘to wan t ’ i t takes two a ccu sa t ivesl ike a verb of asking .
255. dar es For sense go ba ckto 2 49. Edd. a fter Bothe need
lessly read du z’s.
256. ei I insert this. A readsmega , rest n ega to; Ritschl m ga
esse qu ad dam m z’
lzz‘
, m a qu ad u olt
m u tu a l /z .
258 . u endidida tar iam Bothe.
A u endz'
dz'
ta r z'
am B u en dz'
dz’
t a r z'
a m
th e rest u m dz'
ta r z'
a m ; I h ave a lsosold even m y tongu e which h adto do W i th g iving .
’
261 . eccill am Gela s im u s h as
ju st pu t ou t his tongu e, provokingCrocotiu m .
263 . dicet MSS. dz'
cz'
t, Edd.
da ba'
t.
FLA VT] [I I I , 2 65— 2
, 2 7 8
265 iam il lo u en tu ru m dicito. p ropera atque ab i.
dem iror qu id il laec m e ad se a rcessi iusserit,
qua e num qu am iu ssit m e ad se a rc essi a n te hun c
postqu am u ir ab iit e’
iu s . m itor quid s i e t
n i s i, lit periclu m' fia t
,u isam quid u elit.
270 se t é ccu m Pina ciu m éiu s pu erum . hoc u ide
sa t in lit fa ce te [a cque] atque ex pictu ra astitit?n e i s te e
’
depol u in u m poculo pau sillu lo
sa epe éx ancla u it sub m erum scitissu m e.
ACTVS I I .
P INACIVM.
SCENA 11 ( 11. I ).
GELASIMVS .
P I . M ercu r iu s , I ou is qu i n un t i us perhib étu r , nu m qu am
a equ é pa tr i
t iabo era e.
275 su o nuntiu m l epidum a'
ttu lit, quam ego nun c m ea e n u n
itaqu e on u stu m pec tus por to laet i t ia lu b e’
n tiaqu e
ne’que lubet n i s i glor i ose qu icqu am p roloqu i profecto.
am oénitatis om n ium u en erum e’
t u en u sta tu m adfero, 5
265. After this verse ex i t Crocot ium . Th e scen e ou ght to end h ere,a s i t is u n l ikely tha t Crocotiu mm et Gelasim u s j u st ou tside Phi
lu m ena’
s hou se, whi le h e certa in lyis encou n tered there by Pin aciu m .
268 . postqu am Cf . 1 56.
269. nisi‘However,’ ‘
on ly.
’
Cf . Cz'
st. I . I . 5, A u ] . 4 . I O. 79,Epid. 2 . 2 . 8 2, P sezzd . I . r . 1 05.
27 1 . satin u t Like sa tin , col
loqu ia lly= n 01m a Cf . M I. 4 . 3 .
4 1 . Th is is sa rcastic . So f a r
from standing l ike a figu re in a
p ictu re (an a l lu sion to h is n am e)Pina cium is m ore th an ha lf tipsy
a nd a s‘g loriou s
’
a s Tam O ’
Shun ter, so tha t h e ca nnot standsteady, n or when h e stops to testdoes he a t first know where h e is.274
, 275. Street or cou rt infr on t of Ph ilu m en a
’
s hou se. Pi
n a ciu m staggers on to th e stage,stops, and sol i loqu ises . See 2 7 1 .
These verses and 282— 28 7 , 289,290 , 294
—3 0 1 , 3 0 3
—3 0 5, 3 0 7,
3 0 8 a nd 3 26 a re z'
a m é z’
cz’
octon a r z'
z’
,
2 76, 2 7 7 , 28 r , 291 , 292 and 3 0 2
a re trocha ic tetram eters a ca ta lectic ,while 288, 293 , a re trocha ic tetram eters ca ta lect ic ; 3 09— 3 25 a na
paestic .
I I 2, 2 79— 298] STI CH VS 1 7
ripisqu e su perat m i atque ab u nda t pectus l'
a e t i t i a m en tu .
280 nun c t ib i po tes ta s adipiscu ndist glo r iam la u dém decus
propera , Pinacium , pedes hortare, hon es ta d ic ta fa c t i s,era équ e egen ti sub u eni
qua e m i sera in expec tatione Epignom i adu entiis u irist : r o
proz’
nde tit decet u iru m am at suum [et] cup i de é xpetit.nun c, Pin aciu m ,
285 age lit pla ce t, curre tit lube t : ca u e qu ém qu am fiocci
fecer i s
cub i ti’
s depu lsa dé u ia,tranqu illam con c inna u iam .
s i rex opstab it ob u iam ,regem ipsum pr i u s peruortito.
GE. Q u idn am dicam Pina ciu m tam lix ab u ndum cur rere ?
h arundinem fer t sportu lam qu e et ham u lu m piscariu m . 1 6
290 P I . Set tandem op in o a equom st eram m ih i e’
sse supp l i
c em atque [ea rn ]oratores m i t tere ad m e don aqu e ex a uro ét quadriga s ,
qu i u ehar : n am pedibu s ire non queo . ergo iam reu orta r
ad m e a di ri et supplica ri m i égom et a equ om ce’
n seo. 2 0
a n u é ro n uga s cén sea s nihilue esse ego quod nun c sc i o ?
295 tan tum a portu adporto bon i, tam ga udi um grande ad
fero
u ix ipsa dom ina hoc, si sciat, exoptare ab di s audeat.
n unc dltro lioc deportem ? h au p la ce t neque id niri
officiu m arb itror.
sic hoc u idetu r m ih i m agi s m eo conu en ire hu i c mintio : 25
281 . p edes h ortar e The ad 3 0 8, when h e tu rn s and recogn isesm on i t ion a t la st (a fter 0 . 28 7) h as th e door.e ff ec t so fa r. as a few i rregu la r 288 ; tum lix a b u n dum
‘Thu ss teps go , b u t by the t im e of v . 290 su tler-wise.
’ Gelasim u s al ludesi t h as lost its efiica cy.
h on esta ‘D o cred i t to you r
t idings by you r deeds.
’
287 . After this verse Pin acium
both to the leisu rely a im less progress which the g losses tel l u s issu ggested by Zz
’
x a bu ndu s, and a lsoto the fa c t tha t h e is probably
ru ns slow ly and deviou sly a crossth e stage, b u t soon changes hism ind and stops aga in u n til
F. P .
ca rrying som e food in th e basketabou t which h e d isplays cu
‘riosity 3 2 1 .
FLA VT] [I I 2,299—3 1 6
aduorsu m u eniat, ob secret s e u t m intio hoc inpé rtia rn .
3 00 secunda s for tunas decen t [fa s tidia et] su pé rb iae.
se t tan dem qu om r ecogito, qu i pot i s es t scire haec
scire m e ?
non en im possum quin reu or tar, quin loqu ar, qu in edi s
serem 29
eram qu e ex m aerore exim am , ben e facta m aiorrim m eum
ex aiigeam a tque illam augeam in sperato opportun o bon o .
3 05 con tun dam fa c ta Talthu b i con tém nam qu e om nis nun
tios :
sim u lqu e cu rsu ram m editab or ad ludos Olum pios.
set spat i um hoc opp i do b reu ist curricul o : quam m e
paénitet. 3 4
qu i d hoc ? occlu sam ian u am u ideo : ib o et pu ltab o for i s .
aperite a tque adproperate, fores facite tit patean t : re
m ou é te m oram .
3 10 n im is haec res s in e cura geritu r : u ide quam du du m h i c
a s to é t pu lto.
som none Operam da t i s ? é xperiar fores an cub i t i ac p edes
p lus u a leant.
nim i s u é llem h ae fores erum fiigissen t, ea caussa u t h a
beren t m alum m agnum .
defé ssu s su m pu ltando.
hoc postrem u m esto n obi s.
GE . I b o atque h u n c conpellab o.
sa lué s s i s . P I . Et tu salue.
3 00. MSS. g ive a sen ariu s, andA , thou gh on ly showing secu n da s
f or t, h as i t ranged as if i t were a
shorter l ine than those adja cen t . I tm ay b e a qu ota tion from a tragedy .
3 01 . qu i potis &c. P erhapsth e sou rce of scir e tu u m m
’
lzz'
l est
m’
sz‘
te scire b ot scz‘
a t a lter , Persiust o 2 70
3 11 . som none 810 ‘Are you
d il igen tly occupied in sleep ?’
Fa
eetions, a s thou gh sleep were workor stu dy.3 10. a sto For ind . see index.3 12. The fina l syl lables of f ore:
(cf. er u m and m a lu m (cf.en i
’
m , 96) a re pronou n ced short .3 1 3— 3 1 8 . An apaestic d im eters
3 3 5P I .
FLA VT! l“3 . 3 3 1—3 42
ad m ed et rel inque egen tem para situ m , Philum ena .
PH . Pina ciu m . P I .
m ih i .
PH . Quid agi s ? P I .
ni rdgitem ? P I .
I stu c
Qu id agam rogitas ?
Quid m ecum st t ib i ?
indideru nt nom en m aiores
PH. Qu id
PH . Méz'
n fa stidis, propu diose P eloqu ere propere, Pi
n a ciu m . 1 0
I ube m e om ittere igi tur hos qu i re’
tinen t. PH. Qretin é n t ? P I .
dem
sat sc io t ib i non ten ere. P I .
propere a por t u hon o ri s cau ssa tu z'
.
por tas bon i P
P I . Nim i o adporto m ulto tan to plt’
is quam spera s.
Sailu a su m .
GE.
fam es P
PH . Ecqu em conu enistiP’
P I .
P luru rn osecqu em P P1.
3 3 1 . ad m ed So Ritsch l ; A
ad m e ; rest m e. Th e phra se r es
p z'
ee a d m e(d) is com m on , cf. Ca r .
3 . 5. 1 2 .
3 3 2. indideru nt Cf . a . 1 74 .
m aior es Grandi loqu en t for pa r entes or pa ler .
3 3 3 . Quid u i W hynot ? u sed in rhetorica l qu estion sand a lways followed by th e su b
j u n ctive.
3 34. Mein Ritsch l a fter Sciopp iu s. MSS. m i/z z
'
n,m ihi -inf ,
m en .
pr opu diose Cf . Tr u e. 2 . 2 . 1 7 .
3 3 5. Iu b e Scann ed as two sh ort
syl lables, of . ‘U . 596, m a n e w. 94 ,
l ace, ca u e v. 3 7. om itter e Let
Roga s ?
om n ia m em bra la'
ssitu do m ih i ten e t . PH . Lingu am qu i
I ta cé ler i curri cu lo fu i
PH . Ecqu id ad
PH .
I S
3 40 P I . At ego per i i , quo i m edu llam lassitu do pé rb ib it.
Quid ego, quo i m i sero m edu l lam u én tris percepit
Muitos . PH . At u iru m
go,’ cf. il l am om z
'
eer z'
m,Mil . 4 . 3 . 3 .
3 3 6 . m ih i Da t ive of persona ffected
,object to m em é r a ten et,
sim ila rly tz’
b z'
in the n ex t verseand qu oi, m y. 3 40 , 3 4 1 , 7712722
,21 .
3 443 3 7 . f ui p ropere ‘
I have beenhu rrying ,
’ cf. z'
tidem esse, 3 50 ,
pla n e z'
s/u e est. .odz'
ose lzz'
e es, 7 ru e;
2 . 7 . 68, 69, obu z’
am st, v . 524 .
3 3 9. ta n to A
cl im a x,{a u to being a ccom pan ied
by a gestu re su ggest ing am p l i tu de.
a dpor to So Ritsch l , MSS . z'
mpa r tz'
.
Sa l u a sum This m ay b e iron ica l ,b u t see on 3 56.
3 41 . p er cepit‘H as gripped.
’
3 50 P I .
11 3 , 3 43—3 53 ]
u é rum ex m ul t i s ne'
qu ioreni nul lum quam .h i c estf
Quo m odo ?
GE.
3 45prae’
terh ac s i m e in rita ssis
Anim u m indu cam u t istu c u eru m te é locu tum esseGE.
arbi t rer.
STI CH VS 2 1
PH.
l am du du m ego istum patior dicere iniu sté m ih i . 2 0
P I . Edepol esu rié s m a l e .
PI . Munditias u olo fieri : ec ferte huc scopa s sim u lqu e
harundinem ,
lit operam om nem a ranea r um pé rdam et tex tu ram inpro
ba rn
déz'
ciam qu e ea rum om nis tela s .
postea .
un ica ?
cape il la s Scopa s .
hoc con u orre.
GE. Capiam . P I .
GE. c ecero .
GE. Miserae a lgeb u n t
25
Qu id ? i l la s itidem ne esse cen ses quas i te cu m neste
Hoc egom et, tu
P I . Ecqu is huc ec fert nassiternam cum aqua ? GE . Sin e
su ffragio
popul i tam en aedilita tem h i c
ociu s
3 43 . Th e slave tu rns the su b
ject aggrava ting ly by a g ird a t the
pa rasite, who tires u p , b u t beingthrea tened W i th hu nger knu ck lesu nder at once .
3 44. istum To avoid hia tu sbefore and a fter ega Ritsch l a ltersto ista m aeg r e. mih i Cf . 21 . 3 3 6,da t ive after dicer e z
'
m'
u ste as a fterm a ledz
'
eer e.
3 46 . 111; Ritsch l u t m ,weak
en ing the sense i f n e b e n ega t ive.
Th e idea of m issing a m ea l a t on cetakes a ll the p lu ck ou t of Gela si
m u s .
3 47 . ecf erte Bothe ; MSS . izee(h ie) ferte.
3 50 . itidem esseCf .f u ipr oper e,
qu idem ger i t. P I . Age tn
3 3 7 ; so with esse ita,sz
'
e, a re
u sed often predica t ively wi th a
person a l su bject, cf. Fer s. 2 . 4 . 1 3a'
ta su m , Cz'
st. 1 . 1 . 48 z'
ta en'
s u t
u olo, Amp/z . 2 . 1 . 2 4 , 25Homo lzz'
e
ebr z’
u s est. .u tz’
n a m z'
ta essem ,
60 Sic su m u t u z'
des . cum See
Lewis and Short I . D . MSS . , ex
cept A and B , read teetu m for te,cu m .
3 51 . c ecero So A ; th e rest
3 53 . qu idem E i th er «fem is
i rra t ion a l ly long , z°
.e. pronou n cedas a short syl la ble, perhaps as a
n asa l sonan t, cf. w . 4, 262 , or the
word is pronou n ced as a m ono
sy l lable.
FLA VT!
terge h um u m,
conspé rge a n te a edis.
Fa c tum op61tu it.
[11 3 . 3 54— 3 67
P 1.
3 0
GE. Faciam .
3 55 ego hin c a ran eas de forib u s de’
z'
ciam et de pariete.
GE. Edepol rem n egotiosam . PH . Quid s i t nil e t i am scion isi forte hospité s u en tu ri sun t. P I . [Vos] lectos s tern i te .
3 65
GE .
n im ium sap i t .
Prin cipium p la cet de lectis. P I . Alii l igna caédite
alii'
piscis dcfpu rgate, quos p i sca tor attu lit3 60 pe
’
rh am et glandiu m [al i i] deicite.
3 5
GE. H é rc le hom o hic
PH . Non eca stor,tit ego opinor, sat i s era e m orem geris.
P I . Im m o res om nis relicta s hab eo pra e quod tii n el i s .
PH . Tum tu igi tur, qu a caussa m i ssus é s ad pot tum ,i d
é xpedi
P I .
s im u l,
D icam . postqu am m e m isisti ad portu m cu m lu ci
40
com m odu m radiosu s ecce so l su perab a t ex m a r i.
dum percon tor portitores, é cqu ae'
n a u is u e’
nerit
ex Asia , [ac] negan t u enisse, con spic a tu s su m in ter im
3 54 . ter ge Ritsch l , Mss. pinge.
Pa ctum opor tu it‘I t ou ght to
have been done a lready.
’
3 55. hinc Scann ed a s a shortsyl lable . Ritsch l a lters to 2712772.
3 56. etiam ‘Even now.
’ Thisspeech is a n a side. Th e perversi tyo f th e sla ve in keeping h is m is tresswa iting for th e news h e h ad hu rriedhom e with so fast, and . bu st l ingabou t so tha t sh e cannot get a
word in , is extrem ely com ic . P h il um en a
’spa t ien ce is to b e expla in ed
b yh er notexpect ing anygood n ews .
S in ce sh e spoke 71 . 3 3 9 sh e h a s com e
to th e con clu sion tha t Pin aciumm ost probably h as been u t teringt ipsy non sense. Not ice h ow th e
sla ve , a s m ajor-dom o, plays the
m aster . H e ca lls ou t h is orders toim ag in ary n u m bers of slaves. Per
haps one wou ld b e a va i lable forea ch order.3 57 . n isi Un less ’wil l do here,thou gh the con stru ct ion is m u chth e sam e a s in a . 269. Vos Su p
p l ied by Ritsch l .3 59. piscator H e seem s to for
get tha t h e brou ght fish him self.3 62. r el icta s h ab eo I rega rd
a s of n o a ccou n t . ’
3 63 . qu a ca u ssa .For th e stricterqu oi
’
n s ca u ssa . es A lways lon g inP la u tu s, thou gh a s an . en cl i t ic i tsu fl
'
er'
s prodelision ,cf. 3 7 2 , 7 3 8 ,
759. id On ly in A .
3 65. com m odu m‘Ju st th en .
’
ecce A r a dz'
ossu sseeee restr a a
’z
’
osu s esse som e critics r ad/osu ssese with an u nwa rran ted constr u ct ion . W ith super a ba t of . 2 79.
3 57 . a c Su ppl ied by Ritsch l .
I I 3 , 3 68—3 8 3 ] STI CH VS 2 3
c é rcu ru m ,quo ego m e m aiorem non u idisse ce
'
nseo.
in pot tum u ento secundo, nel o pa sso pé ru enit.
3 70 al iu s a l ium pé rcon tam u r :‘quoiast n au is ? quid u ehit?
’
in ter im Epignom um con spicio tuu m u iru m et seruom
Stich u m .
PH. Hem ,qu id ? Epignom u m é locu tu
’
s ? GE. TzZu m
u iru m et u ita'
m m eam .
P I . Vé nit, inqu am . PH . Tun e c um [ipsus] ipsum u i
dis ti? P 1 . Lubens. 49
GE . H é rc le ucro capiam scopa s atque hoc conu orram
luben s. 51
3 75 P I . Argen t iqu e a u riqu e adu ex it n imiu m .
‘ GE. N im i s
fa ctum ben e. 50
P 1 . Lanam pu rpu ram qu e m ul tam . GE.
‘
Hem , qu i uen
trem u e’
stiam .
P I .“
Le’
ctos eb u ra tos, au ratos. GE. Acc u b ab o régie.
P I . Tum Ba b u lonica peristrom ata tonsilia et tape’
tia
adu ex it. GE . Nim ium - bon a e rei : h é rc le rem gestam
‘bene. 55
3 80 P I . Po s te, u t occepi n a rra re, f idicin a s tib icin a s
sam buca s adu é x it secum fo rm’
a exim ia . GE. Eugepae.
quando adb ib ero,adludiab o : tum su m ridicu lissu m u s.
P I . Po ste unguen ta m ultigeneru m m u l ta. GE. Non
nendo l ogos
3 70. qu oia st So A ; rest eu z'
a est.
3 7 1 . in terim So MSS . Ritsch l ,from a g lossa ry, in ter z
'
oz'
.
3 7 3 . ipsu s In ferred by Ritsch lf rom rem a in s in A .
3 7 7 . Accu b ab o r eg'
ie I sha l lrecl ine a t table in roya l style.
’
3 78 . peristrom ata Ritsch l pér istr om a tz
'
a , eo’
n e/zy lz'
a ta tapett'
a , A
( tpen'
strom a ton sz'
lz'
a .r epetz’
a restof per istr om aton sz
'
l la et tapetz'
a .
For (Mss. consil ia , one
eon su ta ) cf. P seu d. t . 2 . 20 ,‘
2 1 u t
u eper istrom a ta qu idem d equ epie/asin t Ca mpa n iea , n equ e A lex a n
dr in a oe/u a ta eo/ze/ty l z'
a ta tapetz'
a .
3 7 9. r em Th e ex clam atory a cc.
a nd in f .
3 81 . sam b u ca s Perhaps we
shou ld read sa'
m ou ez'
ez'
n a s se'
eu m
a du ex it. a db ib ero I ha ve dru n kfreely." Cf . Ter . Hea u tf 2
'
.
3 8 3 . m u l tigener um Short form u ltor u m gen er a /n .
24 FLA VT] [I I 3 , 3 84—3 97
iam non faciam auctionem : m i optigit heredi ta s. 60
3 85m al en ol i perqu isitores auctionu m pé rierint.
Hercu les, decu m am é sse ada u ctam t ib i quam u ou i gra
tulor.
[spes] est tandem a liqu ando importun am é x igere ex [u terofam em ].
PI . Pos te au tem adu ex it para sitos sé cum GE. H ei,
per ii m i s er.
P I . Ridic u lissu mos. GE. Reu orram herole hoc quod
conu orri m odo . 64
3 90 u éna les l ogi sun t i l li quos n egab am u éndere. 68
ilicet : iam m eo m a lost quod m aleu olen tes gaudean t . 69
Hercules,qu i dé u s sis
, san e discessisti non ben e . 70
PH . Vidistin u irum sororis Pam philippu m ? P I . Non .
PH . Non ades t ? 65
P I . Im m o u en isse ea m sim itu aié b an t il li: ego h t’
ic
citu s 66
3 95pra é c u cu rri, u t nun tiarem n un tium exoptab ilem . 67
PH . I in tro,Pina cium ,
iube fam u los rem diu in am m i
adpa rent. 7 I
b éne ua l e. GE. Vin adm in i strem ? PH. Sait seru oru m
h a b eo dom i .
3 84 . f a ciam B reads f a ez'
o.
Ritsch l adopts, in serting ego a fteriam to avoid hia t u s. The verserefers to 2 21. 195
— 2 3 5. optig it
Note reten t ion of ea rly leng th of
the u l t im a , as often in P lau tu s (cf.Capt. 9 a t least twice inTeren ce, Ca tu l lu s 64 . 20 despex z
'
t,
Verg .Georg . 2 . 2 1 1 em’
tu z’
t. Ritsch l
reads optigz'
t m i.
3 86. esse a d au ctam H a s beenin creased.
’
Th e verse refers to 7x.
2 3 4.
3 87 . This verse is on ly pre
served (in a m u t i la ted condition)
by A . Ritsch l com pleted it.3 92. qu i deu s sis Considering
th a t thou a rt a god .
’
3 93 . Pam ph il ippum Here A’
reads F ampf u'
l u m non n on a dest;
b u t elsewhere g ives P amph ilippu s.
There is a syl lable too m u ch u n less. ipp is to b e scann ed short inspi te of th e a ccen t , as in th e coinF/zz
'
l z‘
ppu s often ,cf. B a re/z . 4 . 1 . 1 8
u el u t du eeu tos F/zz'
l z'
ppos“
r edda t
a u r eas .
3 97 . b ene u al e Philu m ena dis
m isses th e parasite.
I I 3 , 3 98—40 1 ] STI CH VS 25
GE. Enim u ero, Gelasim e, opinor prou enisti futtile,
si neque i l le ades t neque h i c qu i u é nit qu icqu am
u enit.
ibo in tro ad l ibros et d iscam dé dic tis m eliorib u S '
nam ni illos hom in es ex pello, ego occidi planissu m e.
3 98 . prou enisti f u ttil e‘Thou
hast wasted thy pains, i t h as tu rnedou t disappoin t ing ly for thee.
3 99. $1 ‘Inasm u ch a s.
’1119
Pam philippu s, h e being Epignom u s, see M }. 4 15
—4 1 7. su b u enit
Note the pla y on u em’
t.
400. l ib ros An ea rly not ice of
jest -books.
401 . Perhaps there is hia tu s a t
the diaeresis of th e verse betweenthe two o
’
s.
405
410
415
ACTVS I I I .
EP IGNOMVS.
EP .
SCENA I .
STICHVS .
Q u om b éne re gesta saln os con u ortor dom u m ,
Nep tun o gra t i s hab eo et tem pesté tib u s
s im u l Mercur i o, qu i m e in m ercimoniis
iu u it lu crisqu e qu adru plica u it re’
m m eam .
ol im quos a b iens adfeci aegrim onia ,
eos nun c la eta n tis adu entu faciam m eo.
n am iam An tiphonem conu eni adfin ém m eum
c um qu e éo reu eni ex inim icitia in gratiam .
u idé te qu aeso quid po tes t pecun ia .
quon iam redisse b éne re ges ta m e’
u idet
m agnasqu e adporta u isse diu itias dom u m,
s in e adu oca tis ibidem in cercu ro, in stega ,
i n am icitiam a tque in gratiam con uorti'
m u s.
et i s hodie apu t m e cena t et fra te’
r m eus.
n am her i am bo in u no po rtu fu im u s : se t m ea
hodie solu tast nau is a liqu an to pri u s .
402. Scene, I n terior (a triu m )o f Epignom u s
’a nd Philu m en a
’
s
hou se, viewed from its fron t , whichis absen t . Probably the sam e a s
th e first scen e. En ter Epignom u s
from within to Stich u s and o ther
slaves, the fem a le m u sicians, a nd
parasi tes, porters &c . Epign om u s
h as j u st a rri ved , b u t the first m eeting between h im a nd his wife isover .41 3 . ib idem ‘Stra ightway.
’
FLA VT] [I I I 1, 43 5
—453
43 5 EP . Age abduce b a sce in tro hunc tibi dedo diem .
ST. Me in cu lpa h ab eto, n 1S1 probe ex c ru ciau ero.
iam h erc le ego per hortum ad am icam transibo m eam,
m i han c occu patu m noctem : eadem sumb u lam
dabo ét iu b eb o ad Saga rin u m c enam coqui.440 a u t égom et i bo a tque opson ab o opson ium .
Saga rin u
seru n am m ca eadu ors c u m u erb erib u s
da r u t m u erb erab u ndu m addu cam dom u m
445 pa rata h i c f a ciam tit s in t. egom et m e’
m oro r.
a tque id n e nos m irém ini, hom in es sé ru olos
po tare am a re a tque ad cen am condicere
l i ce t hoc Ath enis n obis . se t qu om cogito,
potitis quam in u idiam inueniam , es t et iam h i c o s tium 40
450 a liut pos t i cum u ostra ru m h a ru nce a édium
[posticam pa r tem m agi s u tu ntu r a ediu m .]ea ibo opson a tu m a tque ea dem referam opsonium
452 per hortum u troqu e com m eatu s con tinet.
i te hac secundum u os. n e ego h u nc la cero d i em .
43 5. See 4 1 8 .
43 6. ex cr u ciau ero Th e h ol idayis Stichu s
’sla ve ou t of whom h e
m ea n s to wring a s m u ch a s pos
sible . Cf . la eer o diem , o . 453 .
4 3 7 . a d On ly in A .
43 8 .
‘To se
cu re for m ysel f.’ eadem By th esam e way .
’
44 1—445. On ly fou nd in A .
446—452. Stich u s advances toth e fron t of th e stage, n ea r th e
posi t ion of th e fron t door of th e
hou se, and addresses th e a u dien ce.
448 . qu om cogito ‘Upon con
sidera t ion .
’H e expla in s wh y h e
is going throu gh th e ga rden , 43 7 .
449. inu idiam inu en iam BCD
z'
iz u em'
a m A in u idia m
Th e su perflu ou s-dz"
is owing to th e l ikeness o f z'
u dz'
to
-u z'
di. The scribe appea rs to havem issed ou t -u z
’
and to have imm edia tely seen his m istake, b u tto have forgot ten to erase th e
erroneou s -a’
i
450. After this verse Mss. ex
cept A exhib i t th e verse en closedin bra ckets.
452. comm ea tu s continet‘There is a con tin u ou s pa th .
’
453 . ite secu n dum Equ iva len tto sequ im z
’
m’
, cf. A mp/z . 2 . 1 . 1
Am ph . Age, z'
tu secu ndu m . So .
sequ or ,su bsequ or te.
nos Th e fem a le m u sic ians,
l I I 2. 454—467]
ACTVS I I I .
GELASIMVS.
GE.
S TI CH VS 29
SCENA I I .
EP IGNOMVS.
L i b ro s inspex i : tam confido quam po tis
455 m e m eu m optentu ru m regem ridicu lis log i s .
n unc interu iso iam ne a portu adu é nerit,
u t cu m adu en ien tem m éz'
s dictis delé niam .
EP.
GE.
Hic qu idem Gela s im us es t pa ra situ s qu i u enit. 5
Ausp ic i o hod ie giptu m o ex 1u i fora s .
460 qu om stre’
ma [m i] ob sca eu au it, spectatu m hoc m ihist,
m u sté lla m urem apstu lit pra e ter pedes.
n am u t il la u itam répperit h odié s ibi ,i tem m e spero factu ru m ,
a u gu riu m ac fa c i t .
Epignom u s h i c qu idem st qu i as ta t : i bo a tque adloqu a r .
465Epign om e, u t ego n un c te con spicio l u ben5°
u t pra e la et i t ia lac ru m a e prosu lit’
in t m ih i .
EP.
whom h e wil l leave in th e in terioro f the hou se on h is way to th e ga r
den . On ly F reads u os . n e ego,the rest u as m e. ego.
la cero ‘I am frit tering awa y .
’
C f . A s. 2 . 2 . 25qu in ego ll a m z
'
u beo
ta ter e, qu a e loqu eu s la eer a t dz'
em ?
454 . Scen e, street before Epignom u s
’ hou se . Gela sim u s en terson th e right short ly before Epignon iu s com es ou t of th e hou se . Lib rosin spexi Th e phra se su ggests bookso f ora cles. potis For potis est
cf. B a ttit. 1 . 1 . 1 st Izac potis est,
Lu cr . 1 . 453 .
455. m e m eum So mss. ;
Ritsch l m eum m e. Optentu r um
Sha l l reta in the power of .’r eg em
‘Pa tron .
’
459 . h odie To a void hia tu sRitsch l inserts fzer ele before, a nd
u a lu istine u sque ? Susten ta tum st sedulo .
ego a fter lzodz'
e.
460. str en a. W hen th e om en
w as gra n ted to m e’
; c f. 27 . 67 3 .
il l a I . e. m u ste/a . Here obsea e
u a r e z‘to bring a good om en
’
or
sim p ly ‘to offer a presage .
’
The
sen se is not n ecessa ri ly b ad in A s .
2 . 1 . 18 m etu oqu od z'
Z/z'
e obsea eu a u z’
t
w eoe f a /sa e f a l la ez'
a e‘otTers a p re
sage tha t m y t rickery wil l p la y m e
fa lse .
’mi Added by Ritsch l .
462. u itam I .e . v z'
etu m ,cf.
Tr iu . 2 . 4 . 76 n equ e il li cof zeeda m
qu it/qu am de u z'
l a m ea .
463 . a c So A ; rest [za e (Izoe).Som e add lza ee (i.e .
464 . qu idem st Sca n ned as one
sy l la ble , or a s two short syl lables,Cf . w . 4 , 3 53 .
467 . Cf . 586. u squ e‘All
the whi le.
’
Su stentatum st se
3 0 FLA VT] [111 2 , 468— 486
GE. Propin o t ib i sa lutem plenis faucib u s.
EP. B en e a'
tque am i ce dicis. di den t qua e’
n el i s.470 GE.
are at are are are ate
EP . Cen em i l l i apu t te ? GE . Quon iam sa lu os adu enis.
EP . Locata st opera n un c qu idem : tam gratia st.
GE. Prom itte. EP . Cer tu m st. GE . Sic fa ce, inqu am .
EP . E s t cer ta res .
GE . Lu b é n te m e he rcl e facies. EP . Idem ego istuc sci o : 2 0
475 quando u su s u eniet, fiet. GE . Nun c ergo u su s est.
EP . Non é depol possum . GE. Qu id gra u a re ? cén sea s
nescio qui d t uero hab eo in m un do . EP . I m odo
a l ium conu iu am qu a é rito t ib i i n huno diem .
GE. Quin tti prom ittis ? EP . Non grauer, s i possiem . 25480 GE. Vn um qu i dem h erc le cer te prom itto tibi
luben s a ccipiam cer to,s i prom isseris.
EP. Va leas. GE. Certu m nest ? EP . Cé rtu m : cena b o dom i .
GE. Sic quon iam nil procé ssit, [ig i tur] adieroapértiore m agi s u ia ac p lané loqu a r .
485 qu andoqu idem tu te ad m e n on u i s prom ittere,u in ad te ad cen am u én iam ? EP. Si possit, u elim : 3 0
du l o ‘I have kept u p withou tany lapse.
’
468 . Cf . o. 425. p l enis f au
cib u s In a bu m per.’
47 1 . il l i Equ iva len t to z'
ll z'
e,
cf. M il . 2 . 3 . 1 6,‘over there.
’Th e
qu estion is asked with an air of
con tem ptu ou s su rp rise. Gelasim u s’
lodg ing wou ld b e in a low n eighb ou rhood .
472. Locata st So A ; rest Voea ta est.
‘My services a re engaged
at presen t.’
Cf . Tr z'
u . 4 . 2 . 6 ego
oper am m eam tr z'
ou s u u m z’
s /zodz'
e
Ioea u z'
a d a rtes u ug a tor z'
a s. tam
Equ iva len t to ta m en, cf. w . 2 7 ,
4 3 ,‘yet I tha nk you a ll th e sam e.
’
Th e phra se, tam g r a tz'
ast,m ea n s
‘yet I decl ine with thanks,
’ M en .
2 . 3 . 4 1 .
47 3 . Certum st. ‘I h ave de
c ided, I t is set t led,’z'
.e. th e priorengagem en t m u st b e kept .474 . Cf . Men . 2 . 1 . 47 m e l u
ben te f eeer z'
s. Idem‘I too know
you wishes.
’
47 6. cen sea s‘Recon sider i t. ’
47 7 . I rea l ly have som ethingchoice in read iness.
’
48 3 , 484 . A n a side. On ly inA a fter 485. Bothe transposedand read tex t of 71 . 483 , th e end of
which is m u tila ted in th e MSS. a ndwhich beg in s with sed. u ia , ac
Mss. u z'
x z'
ta .
I I I 2, 487—50 4] STI CH VS 3 1
u eru m hic apu t m e c é nan t a l i eni nou em .
GE. Hau postulo equ idem i n lé cto m ed adcum b ere
sci s tli m ed esse [unum ] im i su b selli u iru m .
490 EP . At ci oratores popu l i sun t , su m m i u iri
Am b racia u eniu n t huc l ega t i puplice.
GE. Ergo oratores popu l i sum m a tes n i ri
sum m i accu b en t, ego in fu m a tis in f um u s.
EP . H au t aequ om st te in ter ora tores accipi.
495GE . Equ idem h é rc le ora to r sum , se t procedit pa ru m .
EP . Cra s dé reliqu iis nos n o lo . m u l tum ua l e.
GE . Per i i hé rcle u cro plan e, nih i l ob nox ie.
uno Gela s im o m inus es t quam du dum fu i t .
certum st m u stel lae postha c n u m qu am credere
500 n am incé rtiorem nu llam n ou i b é stiam .
qu aene éa pse decien s in die m u tat l ocum,
earn auspicau i ego in re capi ta li m ea ?
certum st am icos con u ocare, u t con su lam
qu a lege n un c m ed é su rire oporteat.
487 . nou em The regu lar m a x i
m um n u m ber for a Rom an d inn er,the m in im u m being three .
489. imi su b sell i nir am Cf .
Capt. 3 . 1 . 1 1 La eou a s, im i su b
493 . in f um a tis Sc . a eeu oem .
Nom in a tive co in ed on th e an a logyof su m m a tz
’
s, an ea rly form of su m
m a s,
‘in the very lowest pla ce,’
as
a fou rth on th e {m u s leetu s.
495. An as ide. orator As inw . 49o
—494 an am bassador, ’
despa tched by him self to m aked ip lom a tic a rrangem en ts for a supper. p rocedit par um I am gettingon badly .
’
Note th e rhym e .
496 . de r el iqu iis Sc . eeu a r e.
0 3 th e rem a ins .
’ This u se of de
in t rodu ces th e store which is drawnu pon a s wel l a s the property fromwhich th e cost of a nything is taken ,
cf. de tu o, a . 426. m u l tum u al e,‘I wish you a very good day.
’
497 . nihil ob nox ie‘Throu gh
no fau l t of m y own .
’Th e phrase
h a s cau sed trou ble, sin ce it h as
been rega rded a s Opposed top la n e.Note th e rhym e.
498 .
‘Th e world is less by one,n am ely Gelasim u s
, than i t wa s ju stn ow .
’
501 . eap se Agrees with die.‘I n th e lim i t of a day.
’decien s
‘Any nu m ber o f t im es,’ cf. Amp/z .
2 . 1 . 2 7 E qu idem decien s dz'
x z'
.
504 .
‘On wha t term s I oughtn ow to sta rve.
’
ACTVS Ivl SCENA I .
ANT IPHO.
s in t fil ia s,
PAMPH I LI PPVS. -EPIGNOMVS.
505AN. Ita me di ben e am en t m ea squ e m ihi b éne serua s
tit m ih i u olu p est, Pam ph ilippe, qu ia nos in pa triam dom u m
rédiz'
sse u ideo ben e re gesta am bos,te et fra trém tuum .
PA.
ess e, An tiph o
Sat i s aps te a ccipiam ,nisi u ideam m ih i te am icu m
n un c, qu ia te m z’
lzz'
am icu m ex perior esse, c redetur t ib i . 5
sé t m ih i
510 AN. vocem ego te ad m e ad oenam,fra ter tuu s u i dix is
te apu t s e cena turu m esse hodie, quom m e ad se ad .ce
nam u ocat.
é t m agi s pa r f u erat m e n ob i s dare cenam adu en ientib u s,
quam m e ad illu m prom ittere, n is i mo l lem ei adu orsarier.
n un c m e gra tiam abs te inire u é rb is nil desidero 1 0
505. Scene ; th e street before 509. cr edetu r tib i ‘I sha l l b eEpignom u s
’
hou se. En ter Antiph o you r debtor. ’a nd Pam philippu s who have j u st 512. n ob is dar e So A ; restm et. Ita m e di am ent A com tran spose .
m on phrase, cf. 2 71 . 685, 754, 51 3 . MSS . qu am m e a d z’
l/u d
A mp/i. 2 . 1 . 53 ; with u t a s hereA u l . 3 . 5. 2 2 , B a te/z . 1 . 2 . 3 , Ga s.
2 . 8 . 1 6 ; P rop . 1 .
505— 507 . So MSS . Ritsch l ando thers a l ter to su i t Fampfiz
'
le in
stead oi Fa mp/zz'
l z'
ppe and thei rviews on rhythm . See 3 3 .
508 . nisi u ideam ‘I f I did
not see’
;‘withou t seeing .
’
p r om itter e n isi“
n o/[em ez'
; Ritsch l
qu a m ad il lu m m e pr om itter e, ezu z
'
sz'
n ot/em .
nisi nou em A slight and n a tu ra lel lipse. Th e form a l protasis wou ldb e et dedz
'
ssem . Perhaps there ish ia tu s a fter n ot/em .
514 . g ra tiam ab s te inir e Cf .
Cz'
st. 4 . 2 . 7 1 il le a qu adam m u
I‘V’
1, 51 5
—529] STI CH VS 3 3
515 cras apu t m e eritis é t tu et i l le cum nostris u xorib u s.
PA. At apu t m e peréndie : nam i l le her i r ne iam noca
u erat
in h u nc dz'
em . se t sa t in ego tecum pacifica tu s su m,An
upho ?
AN . Quando ita rem gessistis, u t nos u é lle am icosqu e
addeceh
pax com m ercium qu est nob i s m e’
cum . hoc facito u t co
gi tes 1 5
520 ut quo ique hom ini ré s pa ratast, perinde am i c i s utitu r
525
s i res firm a , i tem‘
fi rm i am i ci sun t i s i res lax é laba t,itidem am i c i con la b a scu n t. re
’
s am icos in u enit.
EP . l am red eo .
’
nim iast u olu ptas, si dz'
u a fu eris a dom o,dom u m ub i redieris
,s i t i b i n ul la a égritu do an im o ob niam st.
n am ita m e absen te fam i l ia rem rem uxor cu ra u it m eam : 2 1
om n z'
u m me exi lem atque inan em fe’
ci t a egritudin u m .
se t eccu m fra trem Pam philippum : in c édit cu m socero suo .
PA. Quid agi tur, Epignom e ? EP . Qu id tu ? quam du
dum in portum u enis ?
PA. Han longissu m e’
. EP. Pos t i l la iam istest tranquillus
tibi?
l z'er e, sz
'
eam m onstret, gr atz'
a m
iu ea t.
51 7 . sa tin ego . So MSS . ; Edd.
sa tz'
u e. in h u n c diem Scannedas an an apaest . See apu t se a . 51 1
a nd or}. 98, 99.
51 8 . u el l e So A ; rest u eZ/em .
520, 521 . From to it
e m is fou nd in A On ly, m u ch m u
tila ted , b u t 27 . 520 is restored withcerta in ty by Ritsch l , with th e helpo f Ch a risiu s wh o qu otes per in dea m icis u tz
’
tu r . F01 th e first fou rwords of o . 52 1 A on ly givess f For th e [a x e of A
th e rest give lassa or Za sse. perinde
Th e m iddle sy l la ble is sca nned
F. P .
short , cf. in tr o 53 4.
523 . I am r edeo Epignom u s
en ters from his hou se throu gh thecen tra l d oor a t th e ba ck of th estage and ca l ls ba ck to h iswi fe
‘I
sha l l b e ba ck d irect ly ,’ and thensol i loqu ises.
a Som e ed i tors om i t , scanningdz
'
u wi tho u t -synizesis .
524 .
“
tib i So A ; rest si. ‘
ob u iam st See 3 3 7 .
525. nam ita. Th e n a m appliesth e gen era l sta tem en t to the speaker . For tha t is h ow .
’
528 . Q u id agitur‘How do
you do ?’ cf. Tr u e. 4 . 4 . 7 .
iste An tipho
FLA VT] [IV 1 , 53 0—544
53 0 AN. Magi s qu am m are quo am bo e s t i s u ec ti. EP . Fa’
cis
u t a l ia s ré s so les . 25
b odien e ex on eram u s n anem,frater ? PA. Clem en té r u olo
nos potiu s on erém'
u s n osm et u icissa tim u olu ptatib u s.
quam m ox cocta st ce’
na ? inpra nsu s ego su m . EP. Ab i
in tro ad m e é t laua .
PA . D eos sa l u ta tu m atque uxorem m odo in tro deu ortor
dom u m .
53 5[haec s i ita u t u olo conficio, con t in uo ad te t ran sco .]Apu t nos ec cillam festina t cum sorore uxor tu a . 3 0
PA . .Optu m est : iam istuc m ora i m inus erit. iam ego
apu t te ero.
AN .
‘
Prius quam abi s, pra esé n te ted hu i c apologum agere
un um u olo.
PA. Max u m e. AN . Fu i t (Sl im ,qua si [nun c] ego su m
,
sen ex . ez'
filiae
540 dua c eran t, qua s i nun c , m eq e sun t. ea e erant duob u s
n u ptae fratrib u s,
quas i n un c m ea e sun t u é b is. PA . Miror quo é u asu ru st
apologu s. 3 5
AN . Era t m in ori i l l i adu lescen ti[quasi n un c tib i] t i bicina
pé regre adu ex erat, qua s i nun c tu . se t i l l e era t caelé b s.
senex,
quas i ego nun c sum . PA .
’ Perge porro : praesen s h i c
qu idem st apologu s.
53 1 . Cl em en ter u ol o ‘Gen tly,p lea se.
’
Su pp ly ager e. For ele
m en ter =‘soft ly,
’ ‘
gen t ly,’ ‘
n ot so
fa st ,’ cf. Mer e. 5. 2 . 1 1 1 .
53 2. u icissatim The secondsyl lable is scan ned short.53 5. On ly in A . See 71 . 62 3 .
53 7 . iam Gen era llya ssigned to Epignom u s. Bu t h e
h ad no in ten t ion of going to Pam
phi lippu s’ hou se. Pam philippu s
goes a step or two towa rds h is ownhou se deos sa l u ta tu m ,
dou bt lessm aking su re tha t h is wife wi l lh asten to join h im .
53 8 . ag er e‘To n a rra te a s a
p lea .
’
542 . Bra t Scanned as two shortsyl lables. qu a si n u n c tib i So
Ritsch l MSS .fidz’
ez’
u a et.
575 EP.
3 6 FLA VT]
AN . Sen ex qu idem u ol u it, si posse t, indipisci dé cibo
qu ia n equ it, qu a lege licu it u é lle dixi t fieris
565“fia t” i l l e inqu it adu lescen s.
‘hab eon rem pa ctam ?’
inqu it.
fieri u oles.
”
facis ben ign e ’ inqu it sen ex.
“fa ciam ita”inqu it
“tit
60
se t ego ibo in tro et gratu la b or n ostrum adu en tu m f iliis.
poste ibo lan tum in pu elu m : i b i fou é b o sen ectu tém
pos te ub i la u ero, otiosu s u os opperia r accu b an s.
fec i t fabre .
570 PA. Graphic u m m or ta lem An tiphonem : u t apologu m
e t iam nun c scele’
stu s sese .dticit pro adu lescé ntu lo. 65
dab itu r bom in i am i ca , noc tu qua e in lec to occen té t sen em
nam qu e edepol a liut quidem i l l i qu id am i ca opus si t
n e sc i o .
se t qu id agi t pa ra situ s n oster ‘Ge’
la s im us ? et iam u a let ?
V id i edepo l hom in em h au perdu du m . PA. Quid
ag i t ? EP . Quod fam e’
licu s.
PA. Quin u oca sti hom in em ad cen am ? EP . Ne’
qu id
adu eniens perderem . 70
atque cecum t ib i lupu m in serm on e : pra e’
sen s esu r ié n s
ades t.
Ludificem u r hom in em .
rém m on es .
563 . Sen ex Sca nn ed a s two
short syl lables.
568 . MSS. postea ibo l a u atu m
z'
u pz'
l u m z'
oi8z c . sen ectu tem Th e
second syl lable is to b e pronou n cedshort ; b u t see p . xv .
570. Gr aphicum m or ta l em ‘A
rem arkable fel low .
’
571 . etiam ‘Sti l l ,’ Bothe. mss.
id (it) iam ; Vu lg . zzt ia m .
scel estu s P layfu l ; t the‘
r asca l
takes him self for a you th .
’
572. occentet B a eeu tet; rest
PA. EP . Cap ti consili m em o
a eeeu det.
574 . etiam u a l et‘I s h e st i l l
(or‘rea l ly , ’ see Pa lm er on Amp/z .
1 . 1 . 2 15) in good ca se ?’
_575. Q u id &c . H ow fa res he ? ’
Ep .
‘Like a sta rveling .
’
57 7 . l u p um in serm on e Th e
in is pronou n ced short . This pro ;
verb ia l ph ra se or l upu s z'
u f aou /aa nswers to ou r
‘ta lk of th e devil . ’
Gela sim u s’ hu nger m akes i t spe
cia l ly appropria te.
I V 2, 579
—595] STI CH VS 3 2
ACTVS IV . SCENA I I .
GEL‘
Asm vs. PAMPH IL I P PVS. EP IGNOMVS.
ilé
se t ita u t occepi nar ra re u ob is : qu om h i c n on adfu i,
580 cum am ic i s delib era u i iam et cum cogna tis m e i s .
ita m i auc tores s c'
re, u t egom et m e hodie iu gu lare’
m fam e.
se t u ideone ego Pam ph ilippu m cum fra tre Epignom o ?
atque i s est .
adgrediar hom in e’
m . spera te Pam ph ilippe, o spes m ea , 5
6 m ea u i ta , o m e’
a u olu pta s, salue. sa lu om gaudeo
585pe’
regre te i n pa triam redi sse. salue. PA . Sa lue, Gé
lasim e.
GE . Valu istm ben e ? PA. Stisten ta u i sedulo. GE. Ede
pol gaudeo.
e'
depol me egom et m ill z’
m odiu m nun c m i l le esse a rgen ti
u elim .
EP. Quid eo t ib i opu st ? GE . Hune hercle ad cenam
tit u ocem , te non u ocem .
EP . Adu orsu m te fa’
bula re. GE. I ll tit quidem ‘am bos
lit u ocem’
equ idem s me u ostrae u ita ssem dom
n m e 3 a n ih i l es t a tque hoc sci t u
EP . Edepol t e u océm lu b en ter, si su perfiat l ocu s.‘
GE. Quin tum s ta n s ob strusero a l i qui d s trenue. EP .
Im m o unum hoe po tes t .
579. Th e scene is not changed. expected ,cf. 0 . 577 . See Pa lm er
Th e brothers are on th e stage. on Amp/z . 3 . 2 . 7 2 .
Gelas im u s en ters on th e right. 587 . m odium Mss. m ediam .
582. atqu e Rea l ly ’
a n nou n c 590, 591 . On ly in A .
ing th e approach of one who is
3 8 FLA VT] [IV 2, 594
— 60 9
GE. Quid ? EP . Vb i con u iu ae ab ierin t, tu m u t u énias.
GE. Eu a x,attata e.
595EP . Vasa lan tum , non ad cen am dico . GE . D i te per
du in t. I 5
qu id ais, Pam philippe ? PA. Ad cenam b erel e al i o pro
m i si f ora s .
GE. Quid, f ora s ? PA. Fora s h é rcle n ero. GE. Qm a lum t ib i la sso lubet
for i s cen a re ? PA. Vtrum tu cen ses ? GE . I ube dom i
cenam coqu i
atque ad il lu m renun tia ri. PA. So lu s cen abo dom i?
600 GE . Non en im so lu s : m e u oca to. PA .. At i l le me sus
cén seat,
m éa qu i cau ssa sum ptu m fec i t . GE. Faci le ex c u sa ri po
tes t .
m ihi m odo a uscu l ta : iube cen am dom i coqui. EP . Non
m e qu idem
faciet a u ctore, hodie u t illu m de’
cipia t. GE. Non tu
hinc a bi s ?
n is i m e n on perspicere cen ses qu i d aga s. ca u e s i s tu
t ib i
605 nam illic hom o tu am h eréditatem inhiat, esu r ien s lu
pust . 25
non tu sc i s qu am de adflicten tu r hom in es noctu hic in
u ia ?
PA. Tan to plu ris qu i defen dan t ire adu orsu m iussero.
EP. Non i t, non it
,quia tan to opere suades ne b itat.
GE. I ube
d6m i m z'
lzz'
tib iqu e tzia equ e uxori cé leriter cenam coqu i .
597 . m a l um An expletive,‘th e refu sa l to b e taken to h is hou se.
’
plagu e !’
605. esu r l en s l u pu s Cf . v . 577 ,598 . foris Scanned as two Capt. 4 . 4. 4 .
short syllables. 608 . it ‘He ou t’
;599. a d ill um r enu ntiari A cf. 71. 614.
IV 2, 6 1 0 — 62 3 ] STI CH VS 3 9
610 s i h é rc le fa x is, ndu opinor dices decepti’
im fore. 3 0
PA. Pé r ha n c t ib i cen am incen a to,Gé lasim e
, esse hodié
l i ce t.
GE . Ib isne ad cenam fora s ? PA . Ap-u t fratrem ceno i n
pré x u m o.
GE . Cé rtu m n est? PA. Certu m . GE. Edepol te hod ie
lapide percu ssum n el im .
PA. Non m etu o : per hortum tra lh o , non prodib o in
ptiplicu m .
615EP . Quid ais, Gela sim e ? GE. Ora tores tu accipis : h a
beas t i b i . 3 5
EP. TzZa pol refert. GE . Enim u ero s i quidem r efert
m ea,opera titere '
posce. EP . Edepol t ibi opinor e t iam u ni l ocum [esse]conspicor,
tib i a ccu b es. PA. Sa n e’
fa ciu ndu m cén seo. GE. 0 lu x
opp i d i .
EP . Si arte poteris accu b a re. GE. Vé l in ter cu neos
fé rreo s
620 tantillum l o ci tib i ca tellu s cube t, id m ih i sa t i s es t l o ci. 40
EP . Ex orab o a liqu é m odo : u eni. GE. Hucin e P EP.
Im m o in caircerem .
nam hic quidem genium m eliorem tzf u m non fa cies. éd
m u s,tu .
PA. D éos sa lu tabo m odo : pos te ad té continuo transeo.
611 . Per . .oenam An in voca t ionappropria te to th e greedy pa ra site.
615. ais So B ; rest agit. Ge
lasim u s h a s m oved off a pa ce‘
or
two m u t tering , so Epignom u s stopshim . I n P lau tu s qu id a ir ? is a
f orm u la for pass ing to a fresh su b
ject ; cf. A mpk. 2. r . 76, B are/z . 1 .
to 45, 753616. Gela sim u s is m ov ing ofi
’
aga in when Epignom u s says ‘In
deed i t is you r in terest (toTh e reading is u n certa in . I fol lowA , in which however gu fol lows d .
O ther Mss. give Tu a p01 r gf ez't egz z
'
m
sz'
qu idem m ed r ef er t oper a a tere.
I transpose m ed r ejf er t.oper a u ter e Pray a t tend to i t .’61 9. arte
‘I n a sm a l l Spa ce.
’
620. sa tis MSS. ra ter or sa t.
40 STI CH VS [IV 2,
—640
GE . Q u id igitu r ? EP. D i xi equ idem“
in, carcerem ires.
G E . Quin s i iusseris,
625éo quoque ibo . EP . D i im m ortales, h ic qu idem pol su m
m am in cru cem .45
cén a au t pran dio perduci poti s . GE. I ta i ngenium m e
u m st
qu icu m u is depugno m ul to faciliu s quam cum- fam e.
EP . N oui ego : apu t m e sat i s spectata st m ihi iam tu a
is ta faci l i ta sare are
dum para situ s m z’
lzz'
a tque fra tri s z'
sti, rem con frégim u s.
n unc ego n ol o ex Ge’
la s im o m i fie r i te Ca tagé la sim u m . 50
GE . I am ne ab i s tu ? n ide, Gelasime, qu id captu ru’
s con
s i l i .
[am bo ab i]eru n t : Ge’
la sim e, n ide, n un c con s i l i o san o opu st.ale ale as ale are as
63 5 égon e ? tu n e. m ih in e ? t i b i n e. u iden u t a nnonast gra
u i s ?
u iden b enignitates hom inu m u t pé riere et prothym iae ?
u iden ridicu los n ihili ner i a tque ipsos'
parasitarier ? 55
num qu am edepol m e u iu om qu isqu am in diam prospiciet
crastinu m
nam m ih i iam in tus potion e iiincea on erab c'
) gulam
640 n eque ego hoc com m ittam tit m e esse hom in es m ortu om
dican t fam e.
624 . Si On ly in A .
625. 13 01 summ am So A ; restin su m m er.
626. potis Ma sc .,W ith est su p
pressed.
629. Nou i ego MSS. n on ergo
or n on ego.
63 1 ,‘Now I am u nwi l l ing tha t
a fter having been Lau ghed-at you
shou ld becom e a La u gher-a t m e.
’
63 2. So B except as captu r u sfor captu r u
’
s .
63 3 . Ritsch l su pplies a m bo a bi,th e rest of th e verse is in A on ly.Th e repetit ion of Gela sz
'
m e, a ide,h as led edi tors to a l ter v . 63 2 .
ACTVS V. SCENA I .
STICHVS.
M ore h6c fi t a tque stulte m ed sen tén tia
s i quem h ém inem expec ta n t éu m so len t prou isere'
qu i h é rcle i l la causé. n ih i l o ocius u enit.
i dem e’
go n un c fa c i o,qu i prou iso Ségarinu m
645 qu i n ih i l o citiu s u éniet tam en ha c grat ia .
iam h ercle e’
go decu m b am sé lu s, s i i l le huc n6n u enit.
cadum m odo hin c a m e hue cu m u in o transferam
postidéa a ccu m b am . quas i nix tab escit di es.
ACTVS V. SCENA I I .
SAGARINVS. STICHVS.
SA. Salu éte A thena e, qua e n u trices Grae’
ciae
650 Q terra erilis, patr ia , te u ide6 l uben s.
s e t am i ca m ea et con séru a qu id aga t Stéph aniu m ,
cu rast u t u ideam . nam Sticho m a ndau eram
641 . The sam e scene as in Act 648 . qu a sinix So Both e. Mss.
IV. Stich u s wi th his ja r of w ine is gu a sen ex .
wa iting for Sag arin u s to pass on 649. Sagarinu s en ters from the
his way to his hom e n ex t door on specta tors’ left . Note el l ipse of
th e specta tors’
r ight . estz'
s ; less com m on than th a t ofStlfl te Cf . Mil o 2 . 4 a 1 70
660 SA.
666 SA.
67 1 SA.
668 SA .
FLA VT] [V 2. 653— 67 3
salutem [ez’
] u t n u n tiaret a tque ei diceret
m e hodié u en tu ru m ,u t oen am coqu eret te
’
m peri.
655 set Stichu s es t h i c qu idem . ST. Fé cisti,ere
,facé tias,
qu om hoc dona u isti don o tu u m seruom Stich u m .
pro d i im m orta les, quot ego'
u olu pta té s fero,quo t rision es, quot iocos, quo t sau ia
sa ltation es b landitia s prothym ias.
St i che, quid fi t ? ST. Euge, Séga rin e, lepidissu m e
'
fero con u iu am D ionysu m m ihiqu e e’
t t i b i .
nam qu e e'
depol cen a c é cta st : l o cus l iber da tu st
m ihiqu e é t t i b i apu t nos. n am apu t n os es t conu iu iu m : 15
i b i n oster cena t c u m u x ore a deo et An tipho
670 p ro in tt’
i lan are propera .
tum e
S equ e’
re ergo h a c m ed in tro. ST.
quon
665 i b i dem erns est n os ter. hoc m ihi donc’
) da tu m st.
Qui s som niau it a urum ? ST. Qu i d i d ad te attinet ?
SA. La n tus su m . ST. Op
Ego u ero se
2 0
Vol o é lu am u s hodi e peregr in a 6m n ia .
669 relinque : A thena s n un c colam u s : séqu ere m e.
ST. Sequ or, é t dom u m redeun ti pr in cip ium p la cet
bon a sca ena strenaqu e ob u iam occessit m ih i .
660. qu idfit
v . 528 ; cf. Ca r . 3 . 6 . 9.
664. a deo‘Besides.
’
665. ib idem em s A proceleu s
m a tic. So B ; rest om i t -dem er u s.
666. Ritsch l reads SA . qu id
som n ia stzfn ? ST . Vem m [lzer c'le ego
dico not. I 667 SA . Q u is zlg‘z'
tu r lzotdon a u z
'
t ST . qu id id a t te a ttz'
u et?
H e a lso m oves th e verses whichbeg in with Volo and r elin qu e,g iving
th em and requ er e ergo lzoe m e in tro
[Sag a r z'
ne] to Stichu s, a nd 672 ,673 to Sag a rin u s. B u t Saga rinu s
wou ld n a tu ra l ly lead th e w ay in toh is m as ter’s prem ises. Note th e
hia tu s Sequ ere ergo. Quis som ni
a uit a u r um ? Thou gh th e po in tis not clea r, i t is idle to a l ter.67 3 . b ona scaen a Cf . Freu d.
4 . 7 . 40 bona sea ou a est m z'
izz’
. ob
uiam So Edd . MSS . obit/a m .
FLA VT] [V 4, 687—751
d lim qu idem b ere le cum su o qu i sque u é nia t u in o : nam
h in c qu idem S
hodi e pollu ctiira pra e ter n é s iam dab itu r n ém ini.
nosm et in ter nds m inistremu s m dnotropi.
u iu iu m
f icu lis
SA. Hoc con
690 pro opib u s n ostris sat i s com m odu lu m st nucib u s tabul i s
oleae tryb lio, lu pillo cdm m in u to, c rustu lo.
ST. Sé tiu st ser u o h om ini m odes te facere su m ptu m quam
am pliter . I O
suum qu em qu e decet : qu ibu s diu itiae dom i sun t, scaphiis
Can tha r i s
Batiacis b ib iin t : nos n os tro Szim iolo potério
tam en b i'
b im u s n os,tam em efficim u s pro 0pib u s nostra
m oén ia . I 3
SA . Set am i ca m ea et tua du m com it dum qu e se ex orn at,nds u olo 1 9
hidere in ter nos. stra tegu m te’
fa ci o hu i c con u iu io. 20
ST. Nim iu m lep i de in m en tem u enit. SA. Pdtiu sne in
su b sé llio 2 1
cynice a ccipim u r qu z’
u n de in lectis ? ST. Hic enim m a
gi s es t dulciu s . 2 2
SA. Vter am icam u tru b i accu m b am u s ? ST. Ab i tu san e
Super i or . 1 4
atque adeo u t tu sc ire possis, pacto ego tecum hoc diu ido : 1 5
693 . su um qu em qu e decet‘W ha t ea ch m an
’
s sta tion a l lowsbecom es h im best . ’ Scanned a s an
anapa est .695. tam en
‘A l l th e sam e .
’
b ib im u s MSS . u z’
u z’
m u s. m oenia.
A rcha ic for m u m'
a , cf. Twin . 3 . 2 .
6 1 . ‘W e ca rry ou t ou r plans.
’
696. comit. MSS . cen a t.
697 . strateg um I .e. r egem .
698 . Potiu sn e So
MSS . pattu s qu am .
699. cynice‘Like cyn ic ph i
losophers,’
who adhered to th e old
cu stom of si t t ing at m ea ls a fter th elu xu riou s fashion of recl in ing h adcom e in .
accipim u r A . kind of m iddle
u se,
‘enjoy ou r en terta inm en t. ’
For a ecz'
pere entertain ,
’c f . v . 61 5.
Ritsch l
V 4, 70 2—7 1 4] STI CH VS 45
u ide, u tram t i b i lube t et iam nun c capere , cape pron in
ciam . 1 6
SA. Qu id istu c es t prou in ciae ? ST. Vtr iim f on t i ne a n
L i bero 1 7
im per ium te inh ib é re m aui s ? SA. N im i o l iqu ido L ibero . 1 8
705 set in ter im ,s t ra tege n os ter
,quo r h i c cessa r can tha rus ? 2 3
u ide quo t cya thos b ib im u s. ST. Tot qu ot . digiti t ib i
sun t in m a nu . 2 4
Can tiost Gra ecé : if u él/r e r ive Tpis Te'
r r a pa . 2 5
SA. T i b i prop in o. de’
c um u m a fon te t i bi tu te inde, si
sapi s . 26
ben e u os : ben e nos : b én e te : ben e‘
m e : be’
n e mostram
e t iam Steph aniu m-
2 7
7 10 ST. Lep i de hoc ac tu m st: t ib i prop in o can th a ru m . SA ..
V inum tu habes 3 0
n im i s n ellem a l iqu i d pulpam enti. . ST. Si horum quae
adsu n t paé nitet,
n ih i l est. ten e aquam . SA. Me l ius dicis : nil m oror
cu ppe’
dia .
b ibe, t ib icen : age siqu id agi s ? b ib undu m -b erele hoc es t'
n é n ega .
quid'
. h i c fa stidis quod fa ciu ndu m nides esse t ib i ? quin
b ib i s ?
703 . prouin cia e‘W h a t is tha t
you a re saying a bou t a provin ce?’
Better rhythm is gi ven by pr om uez
’
a r u
'
m . Ritsch l adds a u tem .
7 06 qu ot cya th os H ow m anycya thi of wine to th e sextariu s?As th e sexta riu s held 1 2 cya thi,Stich u s proposed th e proport ionfive o f wine to seven of wa ter.Saga rinu s proposes to adopt th eproport ion n ine of W ine to one of
w a ter.707 . Qan tz
'
o estg r eed cepen tepz’
u e
et tr isp z'
n e euzet et tam w a s dou bt
less read in th e a rchetype of a l l
MSS. except A , which om i ts th eGreek words .
708 . inde From z
'
u der e.
709 . b ene u os‘I drink th e
good hea l th of you r hou sehold,
z . .e of Pam ph ilippu s’ hou sehold .
Th e con stru ct ion is a n exclam a torya ccu sa t ive and infin i t ive with the
infinit ive su ppressed.
_7 1 3 . age siqu ia a gis mss .
ag a'
s sz'
qu z'
d a ct'
s ; Ritsch l b z'
be sz'
51525. Note tha t qu id 0n 52°
15 a
proceleu sma tic,the 1 being silen t .
PLA VT]
7 15 age siqu id agi s .
publ i cum .
accipe inqu am
[V 4 : 7 15—7 3 2
n am hoc inpendit
3 5
h ad tuum istu c es t u ereri te. é ripe ex ore t ib ia s .
ST . Vb i i l l io b ib erit, u é l serua to m eu m m odum uel [ego]dabo .
no l o ego nos [hool prosu m eb ib ere : n u l li rez'
erim u s
po stea .
nam qu e edepol quam u i s desu b ito u é l cadu s u orti p o test.
720 SA .
tam en .
Quid igi tur ? quam quam grau a tu s s z
'
sti, non n ocu
'
it
40
age t i b i cen , quan do b ib isti, refer ad lab eas tibia s
su ffla celeritér t i b i h ueca s quas i proserpen s bes t ia .
age du m , St i che : u ter dém u ta ssit, pocul o m u ltab itur .
ST. Bonum iu s dicis : im petra re oportet qu i aequ om
po s tu la t .
725 SA . Age ergo opseru a : si pecca ssis, m u l tam h i c retin eb o
ilico.
ST. Optu m um a tque aequ issu m u m ora s. SA.
hoc pr im um om n i um .
45
En t i bi
ST. H a éc facetiast, am a re in ter se r iu a lis duos,lin o ca n th a ro po ta re [et] unum scortu m ducere.
hoc m em ora b ilé st : ego tu su m , tu e'
s ego : un anim i su
7 3 0 ( mam am icam am am u s am bo m ecum u b ist, tecum st
tam em °
50
tecum ub i a u tem st, m ecum itidem st : n eutr i n eu ter inu i
den 51
SA. Oh e, 52
7 15. ag e siqu id ag'
is A com ~
m on form u la, ci. M il . 2 . 2 . 62 , Ca r .
Trin . 4 . and 71 . 7 34 .
Cf . ou r im pa tien t‘Com e, if you
’recom ing .
’n am h oe Possibly ndw
1156 with hia tu s.
7 16.
‘Tha t bashfu ln ess o f you rsis n ot you r tru e cha ra c ter. ’
7 18 . nu l li r ei‘Of no va lu e ’
;
pred ica tive da tive.
722. qu a si p roserpens b es tia.Like a serpen t .
’
V 4, 7 3 3—5. 746] STI CH VS 47
iam sa t i s : n ol o opta edesca t a'
l ium lu du m m in e u olo. 52
ST. B ibe si b ibi s . SA. Non m o ra erit apu t m e. edepol
con u iu i sa t est 2 8
7 3 5 m odo n ostra huc am i ca a cceda t : [s i] id ades t, a liu t n il
a b est 29
ST. Vin am icam huc é u ocem u s ? e’
a sa ltab it. SA .
Ce'
n seo . 53
ST. Mea su a u is am abi l i s am oen a , ad t'
zZos am ores, Ste
ph a niu m ,
f6ra s egredere : sat m ihi pulcra’s . SA . At en im [m ih i]
pu lce’
rru m a . 55
ST. Face n os h i la ro s h ila riores opera a tque adu en tu tuo .
740 SA . Pé regre adu enienté s te ex petim u s, Stéph aniscidiu m ,
m é l m eum ,
si am ab ilitas tibi p la ce t nostra , tibi am bo si a ccepti
su m u s.
ACTVS V. SCENA V.
STEPHAN IVM. STI CHVS. SAGAR Is . (TI B ICEN .)
STE . Mé rigerab or , m ea e del i c ia e : n am ita m e Venus
am oena am e t ,tit ego huc iam du dum sim itu ex issem u ob iscum fora s,nisi m e n ob i s é x orn arem . n am ita st ingen ium m u l iebre
745 be’
n e qu om lau ta t ersa orna ta ficta st, in fectast tam en
nim ioqu e s ib i m u l i er m eretr ix re’
pperit odium ociu s 5
7 3 3 . nolo &c . B n ot/o obtaedes 742. Mor ig er a b or Ritsch l
ea ta /z'
u t l u du m Bothe u olooosea e MSS . m orem u obz’
s ger am . ita.&0 .
duo : ca tu l l'
u t lu du u t, n u n c u olo. Cf . 72. 505.
7 3 4 . Bib e si b ib is Cf . v . 7 15.
750 STE.
FLA VT! [V 5, 747— 76 1
su a im m u nditia , quam in perpetu om u t placeat m u nditia’
.
su a ..
STI . Nim iu m lep ide fab u la tast. SA. Vén eris m era st
orat i o .
STI . Séga rine. SA . Qu i d es t ? STI . Totu s doleo. SA.
Tdtu s ? tan to m iserior .
Vtru b i a ccu m b o ? SA . Vtri’
ib i tu u i s ? STE . Cu m
am bob u s u olo : n am am bo s am o.
STI . Veipu lat pecul i um : actu m st : fugi t hoc l ib ertas
caput .
STE . D ate m i l o cum ub i a ccum b am , am abo, si qu idem
pla ceo nam m ih i
cup i o cum u troqu e esse, ST I .
Qui d es t ?
I ta m e d i am en t,num qu am ejnim fiet hddie ha ec
qu i d ais ? SA .
STI .
qu in sa lté t tam en .
D ispereo.
755 age, m u lsa m ea su au itu do, sal ta : sa ltab o ego s im u l.
SA. Num qu am edepol m ed istoc u in ces, quin ego ib idem
prur iam .
STE.
t ib i c in i .
Et qu idem n ob i s.
postidea l o ci“
,
STI .
I S
Si quidem m ihi saltandum st, tu m u os date b ib at
Téne, tibi cen , prim um
s i hoc edu x eris, prol’
u de u t con su é tu’
s a n te/zoo, cé leriter
760 lépidam et su au em cau tionem a liqu am dccu pito cin a édicam,
tibi perpru riscam u s usque ex ungu icu lis. in de h i’
ic aquam .
751 . Vapu l at pecu liu m Mysavings a re being squ andered .
’
Stich u s g ives u p h is hopes of b u yin g his freedom ,
a nd determ in es todevote h is lit t le a l l to p lea su re .
752. u m SoFleckeisen . MSS.
tu m .
753 . esse, m ei, Editor . MSS .
oi m z/ u'
. qu id ais See 6 15.
754 . Ita m e di am en t Cf . o .
50 5.
7 57 . tum‘A ccording ly .
’
Ritsch l
a lters to ia m . da te b ib a t. G i veto drink .
’ A lso oz'
oer e da,Fem . 5.
2 . 45.
759. edu x eris‘Y ou have dru n k
in de.F1 72. 70 8 .
‘Pu t wa ter in here .
’
7 61 ,u b i perpr uriscam u s
‘At
which we m ay ting le a ll over. ’
V 5, 762—7 75] STI CH VS 49
ten e tu hoc : educe. dudu m h au pla cu it pdtio
nun c m inus gra u a te iam accip i t . ten e tu . in terim ,
m eu s oculus, da m ih i sau iu m ,dum illic bib i t.
765 STE . Prostib u list au tem stan tem , s tan t i sau iu m
da re am icam am i co . STI . Euge, euge : s i c furi da
tur. 25
SA. Age, iam infla b u cca s : n un c 1am a l iqu i d su au iter .
cedo cé ntionem u é teri pro u in o’
monam .
qu i Idnicu s a u t cina édicu st, I qu i hoc tal e fa cere pdssit?7 70 STI . Si istdc m e u orsu u iceris
, I a l io m e prou ocato. 3 0
SA. Fa ce tu hoc m odo . STI . At tu te hoc m odo . ISA.
Bab aé . STI . Ta ta e . SA . Papaé . STI . Pa x .
SA. Nun c par i ter am bo . om nis uoco I cin ae’
dos, con tra
[u t salten t].sa t i s e sse n ob i s ndn m agi s ] [hoc] po t is es t quam fungo
im ber.
STI . I n tro hin c ab eam u s nun c 1am : sa ltatu m sa t i s pro
u inost.
CANTATOR .
775Vos, spécta tores, plaudi te a tque I i te ad nos com i s
satum . 3 5
763 . tene tu Apparen tly Sa r edde. Cf . Find . 0 . 9. 48 a i’
ver Bé
ga rin u s holds ou t th e can tha ru s 7ra 7xa u’
w p év of t/ av , ci t/06a 6’{Lu z/wt!
to Stich u s . vewr épwu . u ino Edd . MSS . u z'
.
765. Pr ostib u list a u tem So 7 69 to 7 75. Tetram eter iam b icEdd . MSS . pr ostz
'
oz'
les ta ndem . ca ta lectic with d iaeresis a fter theSteph aniu m sends Saga rinu s off fou rth foot .with a hea rty slap , for trying to 7 70. Addressed to Saga rin u s
kiss h er . a s th e two slaves beg in to da n ce.
7 66. After this l in e MSS . give 7 7 1 . Fa x Th e Greek mif ,qu i dz
'
er'
tu r ? qu am qu am g r a u a tu s‘en ou gh .
’
non u oeu z’
t ta m en . 7 72. cin a edos‘Lewd dan
7 67 .
“
1am After nu n c dissyl cers ’
; cf. M il. 3 . 1 . 7 3 . u t. sal
lab ic in P lau tu s, cf. 1 1 5, Ampfz . tent. So Ritsch l . Bothe stetz'
r .
2 . 2 . 1 46. 7 74. nu n c iam See 0 . 767 .cedo So Ritsch l ; MSS .
F. P .
52 IND E !
caesu ra in fifth foot of iam b ictetram eter a ca ta lectic,
el ided 28 3 , 289ca n tica
, p . xviiica u e
”
or ca u e m on osy l lab ic by syniz esis , 2 85, 604
ca u dla tz'
ou es, 2 26
clem en t”,
‘
gen t ly,’
53 1
Codex A su perior to th e othercodices, 44, 45, 70
— 8 3 , 1 66,2 3 0 . 3 3 1 , 3 51 . 3 63 , 3 70 , 3 84.
47 2 , 48 3 1 484, 51 8 3 5242616, 624 , 63 3
eom u zea tu s oou tz’
u et, 452
com m odu m,
‘j u st then,
’
3 6'
oozzdz'
eer e,‘to engage on eself
,
’
43 2 ,
447cou dz
'
tz'
o,
m a t rim onia l establ ishm en t ,’ 1 1 8 , 1 3 8
cou u eu z'
f z'
,
‘to b e v isi ted, ’ 1 2 7
cu m with a n a ttendan t m ean s,
instru m en t , or appu rten a n ce , 3 50
cu m u la t ive phr a seology , em pha tic,3 59
cym’
ee, 699
d, a l l i tera tion with , 77da t ive of person a ffected
, 3 36, 3 40 ,
da tive, predica tive, 7 1 8da r e, fol lowed by su bj u n c t ive of
pu rpose, 757de
,
‘from,
’ ‘o ff
,
’
426, 496dem or tu os, 2 1 1 , 2 1
d iaeresis, n ot fou nd in iam b ic tetram eter a ca ta lec t ic (b u t caesu rain fifth foot), 2 79, 280 , 3 0 4, 3 0 8 ;fou nd with elision , 28 3 , 289
d iaeresis, not fou nd in troch aic tetram eters ca ta lectic (b u t caesu rain fou rth foot), 76, 8 1 , 92 , 1 1 8 ,
1 3 6, 3 3 4, 3 94, 52 7 , 550 , 555.
743 fou nd with elision , 67 , 8 3 ,8 7 , 89, 98, 1 2 7 , 3 60 , 3 8 7 , 3 89,
50 7 , 51 6, 526, 557 , 566, 586,
597 . réedom z
“
, 60 2, 609don o da r e, 656, 665
e,‘on a ccou n t of ,’ 242
e’
eeu m , 52 7edu cer e,
‘to drink off ,
’
759ez
’
u s a s a m onosy l la ble, 2 , 1 69, 43 3en im before a conson an t , 88, 96,699
eu zm , corrobora tive, 88 , 96,
ou tm u er o, 3 98
era’
t before a con sonan t, 542
er z-Em before a con son an t , 3 1 22s, 3 63 , 729es with aphaeresis,
’s (and loss of
th e -s of -u s), 264, 3 1 7 , 3 2 2, 3 72 ,
essewith adverb, 3 3 7, 3 50 , 524 , 626etz
’
a m ,
‘a ctu a l ly ,’ ‘
even n ow ,
’
3 56,
e’
x or u at, 696
f a cer e with ab la tive of thing sacrificed, 251
f a cer e compendiu m ,
‘to save th e
cost 194
f a eto 0 u s (u su s) est, 57 , 61
f a m e‘, 2 16
f ier z’
at th e end of a trocha ic tetram eter ca ta lect ic verse, 564
fier z’
, 63 7
f ords, 597f ore
’
s, 3 1 1 , 3 1 2
f or z‘
is, a ccu sa t ive plu ra l , 3 2 7f or e
v
s, 598
fu tu re in -so, old, 1 49infin i t ive in -a sser e (pres.
-a r e), 7 1fu tu re
,deferen tia l or m odest , 1 24,
1 25fu tu re in -ero,
‘wil l a t on ce,’
93 ,
3 51
genit ive in - a z'
, 53 7
p lu ra l m eu m , 3 0 3to
-
u os , u ostror u m ,u ostr a
r u m , 1 4 1
g r ap/zz'
eu s , 570
g r a tz'
am aoa l z’
qu o z
'
u z'
re, 514
gu ests at a Rom a n d in ner, n u m berof (wi th th e host), 48 ;
I ND E !
lzer i'
, 516hia tu s a t caesu ra , 1 7 1 , 43 5, 445,
hia tu s a t change of speaker or
m a rked stop, 90 , 147 ,
3 8 1
h ia t u s a t diaeresis, 7 1 , 60j u st a fter a m onosyl lable
ending in a long vowel , a diphthong or 1 04, 1 3 7, 2 3 2 ,
3 20 1 3 52 1 556, 580 : 643 , 685,
h ia tu s when a word of two or m oresy l la bles which ends in -m pre
cedes a n in it ia l vowel , 3 44, 3 84,3 88, 445, 576. 7 3 r
hia tu s when two vowels of the
sam e cha racter m eet , 459, 648,67 1
h ia tu s a fter an iam b ic word(scann ed a s tw 0 short sy l lables),
40 1 (perhaps pie feia b leto elision , cf. 7 1 5, 7 3 0 )
h ia tu s a fter esu r zo’, 1 80
izi’
e, adverb , 1 0 2fiz
’
u e, 3 55b u t ex p r ox z
'
m o, 43 1mu , 1 0 7 , 3 52
lzue, 1 50 , 7 3 5l u
‘
e’
n e, 51 7
o f , for gen i t ive singu la r, 1 26,
-z'
a with syn iz esis, 7 1z'
oz'
dem , stra ightway,’
4 1 3ia m , d issy l lab ic a fter u u u e, 1 15,
iam b ic verses, p . xvi i iil le, i
’
lZz’
e, 2 3 , 24, 49, 1 25, 1 3 7 ,196, 266. 3 50 , 3 3 1 . 51 3 . 543 .
558 , 599, 679, 7 I 7z'
ll z'
, adverb , 47 1 , 675il lio“, 605illu e, 250
impetr a sser e, 7 Iin before a conson an t , 62 , 577in with a ccu sa t ive (of tim e),
‘for ,’
478
zu de from m der e, 70 8 ,2
759m der e n om en , 1 74 ,
53
indica t ive, in p la ce of reg u la r c lassica l su bj u n ct ive in ind i rectqu est ion s, 3 10 , 4 1 0 , 63 2
z'
nest, 3 2 1
infinitive and a ccu sa t ive, a fter u idel z
'
cet, 3 55, 557z'
uf or m a tz'
o, riom . (on e)‘of the
lowest rank ,’
493in gen iu m z
’
u geu i, 1 26in ter , 6 19z7zter z
'
m , 70 4in tro, 53 4z'
r e secu n du m sequ z'
, 453is est, pronou n ced 89-t
'
st,for -z
'
s est, 74z'
stz'
e, 2 3i’
stz’
e, 26, 1 0 7 , 3 2 1 , 549, 70 3z'
ta m e (1 7 a m en t u t, 50 5, 685, 754z’
tdst, 7 44z'
te’
m before a con son an t , 52 1itidem esse
, 3 50- z
'
u with syniz esis , 2 , 3 0 , 52 3 , 526WM, 3 3 5, 3 96, 598 , 60 2
j est-books, ea rly not ice of , 400
Za eer a r e z‘to squ a nder,
’
453La t in term ina tion to Greek words,
length of -i‘
t ( 3 rd pers . sing . perf.ind . a ct.) preserved, 3 84
l z'
x a bu u du s, 2 88
l u ci, a bla tive of tu x, 3 64
l upu s in ser m on e (f a bu la ), 577
m,a l l i tera t ion with , 77 , 1 20 , 209,
m a l u m , an explet ive, 597m a lum before a consonan t , 3 1 2 ,
597m a n e, 94m a nu scripts, p . xv111m ed, accu sa t ive, 3 3 1m etres, p . xv111m eu m , genit ive pl u ra l , 3 0 3772i7zi
’
str em u s , 689m oem
’
a, ea rly form of m u n z
'
a , 695m on im en tis ou bu l z
'
s , 63m u lea u er z
'
m , for m u ssa u er z’
m, 420
m u ltzgeu er u s, 3 8 3
1m m , 3 8 , 525,
n asa l son an ts, xv 1
7zegu e= et n e, 1 4971252,
‘however,’ ‘on ly,’269, 3 57
‘if . . 508
u z’
sa’
n ollem , with el l ipse, 51 3n u l li z’ez
'
, of n o va lu e,’ 7 1 8n u n c iam , 1 1 5, 767 , 7 74
o, a l l i tera t ion or asson an ce W i th ,45
obn ix e, 45oéscczeu a r e, 460
om ztier e,‘to let go, 3 3 5
om n zu m d issyl la b i c in t roch a ictetram eter ca ta lect ic verse, 526
' 0-
7 "7 ) 140 1I 47
or n a m en f u m ,
‘appu rtenan ce,
’1 72
p , a l li tera t ion with , 53 , 85, 3 3 4
pa te? before a con son a n t, 2 1pa x z vrdg, 772
pedes, 3 1 1
pen sior , 1 1 8
per é n n on a m , 1 79
per ez'
per e,‘to grip,
’
3 41
per egr e,‘from a broad ,
’
543
per in d’e, 520
perpr u r iseer e,‘to ting le a l l over,
’
76 1
p la ce? before a conson an t , 47p lot , pp. vi i— x
plu r a l of d ign i ty , 73pol lu cer e, 23 3postqu am ,
‘from th e t im e th a t,’
1 56, 268
potis, m ascu l ine 626,n eu ter 250 ,
3 0 1 , 3 251 454 ; 7 7 3
pu zesefl s ,‘eff ect ive, to the p0 1n t,
’
544
pr a eter pedes, close by m y feet ,’
461
proceleu sm a t ic, 6, 2 3 , 28, 3 6, 47 ,
3 25, 3 29, 4 15, 4 19, 665, 741 ,
764,
prodelision , 42 2
pr oper e, com p lem en t to esse, 3 3 7pr opin a r e, 4 25pr opudz
'
osu s, 3 3 4
proserpen s bestza ,‘a serpen t,
’
722
prosody, pp. x—xvi i
pu ltu r e,‘to knock ’
at a door .on
th e ou tside, 3 0 8 , 3 1 3
gu , a l l i tera t ion wi th , 77qu a ca u ssa , 3 63
289, 661
gu z’
, adverb, 292 , 3 0 1 , 3 76, 597qu id 4 2
’
s,for passing to a n ew
topic, 61 5qu idem before a conson an t , 263 ,
3 53 , 625, 752, 758
gu zde'
m st, 464
qu id m'
, 3 3 3
gu o z a a’
qu e’
m (qu a m , 1 42 ,
2 3 1
qu am ,
‘in tha t ,’ 3 1 , 579gu atka leu a
’z
’
s,60
r eddz’
ta st, 1 8 1
r elicta s fza beo, 3 62
r es‘sa crifice,’ 396
rhym e, 1 2 1 , 1 2 2 , 290 , 296, 3 59,
3 60 , 495—497 , 506, 50 7 , 509,
51 0 , 53 7 , 53 8, 546—549, 555,
5567 56 1 , 562 , 674: 675adjec tive, 1 7 1 , 2 2 1 , 3 82 ,3 89
su bstan t ive, 1 75, 1 77
s, a l li tera t ion with , 93-s, fin a l n ot expressed inu z
‘
a’en , &c . ; often not pro
nou n ced, as in 5, 6, 44, 47 , 53 ,
57 , 61 , 98 , 1 0 5, 28 7, 3 1 2 , 510 ,
53 8: 565, 662 , 693 , 7 3 4 2 763’s for es, 7 3 8, see
- u’
s for -a s es
sa m bu eas, = sam é u eiein a s 3 8 1
sa tin (u t), =n 07 me which is ra re inP la u tu s, 2 7 1 , 51 7
sea eu a , 673seder o, 93 (see fu tu re)sene
’
etu tem , 568
senex , 53 9: 563set e
’
ecu m , 52 7set 125: before a con sonan t , 83st,
‘in asm u ch as ,’
3 99= u tz
’
na m , 1 1 2
sib i, elided as a m onosy llab le (P),1 25
sim ulque 3 06
IND E! 55
sor é'
r before a conson an t, 1 , 1 8,20 , 4 1 , 68
sorfir , before a vowel , 7, 147st, a l l i tera t ion with, 592-si, for est, passim , see
-u st for -u s
est
str a tegu s,‘m aster of a fea st ,’ 697
sf r en a , 460 , 67 3su bj u n ct ive, a fter ca u e 285, a fterda r e 757 , a fter dz
'
eer e 624, a fterf aeer e 1 7 7, a fter iu be 3 96, a fteryw
’
a’m
'
3 3 3 , a fter u elle 3 1 262
super a r e, in t ra nsi t ive with abla t iveor preposi t ion , 2 79, 3 65
su pine in-u m , 43 8 , 451 , 595
syncope, p . xv 2 , 5, p . xvi 5syn i zesis, passz
'
m, see
-z'
a ,—z
'
u
ta ee'
, 3 7ta m z tam en , 2 7 , 44, 472 , 679tam en ,
‘a ll th e sam e,
’
99, 1 24 ,
3 53 , 645, 695. 7s4tenE, 758, 762 , 763trochaic verses, p. xviii
u bi,‘in wha t c i rcu m sta nces ,’
‘wherein ,
’1 16 ,
‘a t which,
’
76 1
u l t im a in -ar long before a vowel,
u’s, for -u s es , 264, 3 1 7 , 3 2 2 , 759
u squ e,‘a l l the wh i le, ’ 467
-u st, for -u s est, 8 1 ,
1 0 3 , 1 3 4, 54 1 , 588 , 63 3 , 68 1 ,
u t z ea lege u t,26
a t exclam a tory, 40 4, 465u x fir before a. vowel, 1 40
u apu ta r e,‘to b e wasted ,
’
751u elim , poten t ia l, 58 7 , 6 1 3zzel/e= ‘
to wa n t ’ with dou ble ac
cu sa tive, 253MHZ,
a s a verb, 555, 557u z
'
a'
e'
u for u z’
a’esn e, 63 5, 63 6, 63 7
u ita r u z'
etu s, 462
u olo"
, 98, 99, 1 1 3u olun ta te, 59u ostr a r u m
, fem in in e gen i tive ofu as, 141
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