T. Maccius Plautus, Asinaria, ed. Friedrich Leo, 5.1

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828

Argyrippvs

Age decumbamus sis, pater.

Demaenetvs

Vt iusseris,

mi gnate, ita fiet.

Argyrippvs

Pueri, mensam adponite.

Demaenetvs

Numquídnam tibi moléstumst, gnate mí, si haec nunc mecum áccubat?
830

Argyrippvs

Pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet. quamquam ego istánc amo,

possum equidem inducere animum, ne aegre patiar quia tecum accubat.

Demaenetvs

Decet verecundum esse adulescentem, Argyrippe.

Argyrippvs

Edepol, pater,

merito tuo facere possum.

Demaenetvs

Age ergo, hoc agitemus convivium

vino ut sermone suavi. nolo ego metui, amari mavolo,
835

mi gnate, me abs te.

Argyrippvs

Pol ego utrumque facio, ut aequom est filium.

Demaenetvs

Credam istuc, si esse te hilarum videro.

Argyrippvs

An tu me tristem putas?

Demaenetvs

Putem ego, quem videam aeque esse maestum ut quasi dies si dicta sit?

Argyrippvs

Ne dixis istuc.
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Demaenetvs

Ne sic fueris: ilico ego non dixero.

Argyrippvs

Em aspecta: rideo.

Demaenetvs

Vtinam male qui mihi volunt sic rideant.

Argyrippvs

Scio equidem quam ob rem me, pater, tu tristem credas nunc tibi:

quia istaéc est tecum. atque ego quidem hercle ut verum tibi dicam, pater,

ea res me male habet; at non eo, quia tibi non cupiam quae velis;

verum istam amo. aliam tecum esse equidem facile possum perpeti.
845

Demaenetvs

At ego hanc volo.

Argyrippvs

Ergo sunt quae exoptas: mihi quae ego exoptem volo.

Demaenetvs

Vnum hunc diem perpetere, quoniam tibi potestatem dedi,

cum hac annum ut esses, atque amanti argenti feci copiam.

Argyrippvs

Em istoc me facto tibi devinxti.
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Demaenetvs

Quin te ergo hilarum das mihi?

Asinaria. T. Maccius Plautus. ed. Friedrich Leo. Berlin. 1895.

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Current edition Perseus

Asinaria (Latin) (Plautus. Plauti Comoediae, Volume 1. Leo, Friedrich, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1895.)

Translations (1)

Asinaria, or The Ass-Dealer Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 5.1 focus

828 (A Table, and everything requisite for an Entertainment, being placed before the house of CLEAERETA, enter ARGYRIPPUS, DEMAENETUS, and PHILENIUM, from the house of CLEAERETA.)

ARGYRIPPUS

Come then, father, let’s take our places, please.

DEMAENETUS

As you bid me, my son, so it shall be.

ARGYRIPPUS

(to the ATTENDANTS.)

Lads, spread the table.

DEMAENETUS

Is it at all displeasing to you, son, if she takes her place by me?
830
(They take their places.)

ARGYRIPPUS

Duty, father, keeps sorrow from my eyes; although I love her, still I can control my feelings, not to take it to heart because she takes her place by you.

DEMAENETUS

It becomes a young man to be respectful, Argyrippus.

ARGYRIPPUS

Troth, father, through proper regard for you, I can be so.

DEMAENETUS

Come, then, let’s enjoy this banquet

with wine and pleasant discourse. I don’t wish to be feared, I prefer myself to be loved by you, my son.
835

ARGYRIPPUS

In truth, I do them both, as is proper for a son.

DEMAENETUS

I’d believe it, if I saw you were cheerful.

ARGYRIPPUS

Why, do you think that I’m sorrowful?

DEMAENETUS

Do I think so? You, whom I see as melancholy as if the day¹ of trial had been named for you.

ARGYRIPPUS

Don’t you say that.
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DEMAENETUS

Don’t you be so, then I’ll not say so.

ARGYRIPPUS

Well then, look at me; I’m laughing.

(He affects to laugh.)

DEMAENETUS

I’d like that those who wish me ill would laugh thus.

ARGYRIPPUS

I know, indeed, father, why you now suppose to yourself that I’m sad; it is because she is by you. And really, father, by my faith, to tell you the truth, that matter does hurt me; and not for this reason, that I don’t desire for you that which you wish,

but because I love her; another woman, indeed, I could easily endure to be by you.
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DEMAENETUS

But I have a fancy for this one.

ARGYRIPPUS

Then you have what you desire; for myself, I wish for what I could desire.

DEMAENETUS

Submit to it this one day, since I’ve given you the power to be with her for a year, and have procured for you the command of money in your amour.

ARGYRIPPUS

Well, by doing that, you have laid me under an obligation to you.
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DEMAENETUS

Why then don’t you show yourself cheerful to me?

(They commence the banquet, PHILENIUM reclining below DEMAENETUS.)

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Argyrippvs Age decumbamus sis, pater.

Demaenetvs Vt iusseris, mi gnate, ita fiet.

Argyrippvs Pueri, mensam adponite.

Demaenetvs Numquídnam tibi moléstumst, gnate mí, si haec nunc mecum áccubat? 830

Argyrippvs Pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet. quamquam ego istánc amo, possum equidem inducere animum, ne aegre patiar quia tecum accubat.

Demaenetvs Decet verecundum esse adulescentem, Argyrippe.

Argyrippvs Edepol, pater, merito tuo facere possum.

Demaenetvs Age ergo, hoc agitemus convivium vino ut sermone suavi. nolo ego metui, amari mavolo, 835 mi gnate, me abs te.

Argyrippvs Pol ego utrumque facio, ut aequom est filium.

Demaenetvs Credam istuc, si esse te hilarum videro.

Argyrippvs An tu me tristem putas?

Demaenetvs Putem ego, quem videam aeque esse maestum ut quasi dies si dicta sit?

Argyrippvs Ne dixis istuc. 839840

Demaenetvs Ne sic fueris: ilico ego non dixero.

Argyrippvs Em aspecta: rideo.

Demaenetvs Vtinam male qui mihi volunt sic rideant.

Argyrippvs Scio equidem quam ob rem me, pater, tu tristem credas nunc tibi: quia istaéc est tecum. atque ego quidem hercle ut verum tibi dicam, pater, ea res me male habet; at non eo, quia tibi non cupiam quae velis; verum istam amo. aliam tecum esse equidem facile possum perpeti. 845

Demaenetvs At ego hanc volo.

Argyrippvs Ergo sunt quae exoptas: mihi quae ego exoptem volo.

Demaenetvs Vnum hunc diem perpetere, quoniam tibi potestatem dedi, cum hac annum ut esses, atque amanti argenti feci copiam.

Argyrippvs Em istoc me facto tibi devinxti. 849850

Demaenetvs Quin te ergo hilarum das mihi?

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ARGYRIPPUS Come then, father, let’s take our places, please.

DEMAENETUS As you bid me, my son, so it shall be.

ARGYRIPPUS (to the ATTENDANTS.) Lads, spread the table.

DEMAENETUS Is it at all displeasing to you, son, if she takes her place by me? 830 (They take their places.)

ARGYRIPPUS Duty, father, keeps sorrow from my eyes; although I love her, still I can control my feelings, not to take it to heart because she takes her place by you.

DEMAENETUS It becomes a young man to be respectful, Argyrippus.

ARGYRIPPUS Troth, father, through proper regard for you, I can be so.

DEMAENETUS Come, then, let’s enjoy this banquet with wine and pleasant discourse. I don’t wish to be feared, I prefer myself to be loved by you, my son. 835

ARGYRIPPUS In truth, I do them both, as is proper for a son.

DEMAENETUS I’d believe it, if I saw you were cheerful.

ARGYRIPPUS Why, do you think that I’m sorrowful?

DEMAENETUS Do I think so? You, whom I see as melancholy as if the day 1 of trial had been named for you.

ARGYRIPPUS Don’t you say that. 839840

DEMAENETUS Don’t you be so, then I’ll not say so.

ARGYRIPPUS Well then, look at me; I’m laughing. (He affects to laugh.)

DEMAENETUS I’d like that those who wish me ill would laugh thus.

DEMAENETUS But I have a fancy for this one.

ARGYRIPPUS Then you have what you desire; for myself, I wish for what I could desire.

DEMAENETUS Submit to it this one day, since I’ve given you the power to be with her for a year, and have procured for you the command of money in your amour.

ARGYRIPPUS Well, by doing that, you have laid me under an obligation to you. 849850

DEMAENETUS Why then don’t you show yourself cheerful to me? (They commence the banquet, PHILENIUM reclining below DEMAENETUS.)

Stable identifiers

Argyrippvs

Age decumbamus sis, pater.

Demaenetvs

Vt iusseris,

mi gnate, ita fiet.

Argyrippvs

Pueri, mensam adponite.

Demaenetvs

Numquídnam tibi moléstumst, gnate mí, si haec nunc mecum áccubat?
830

Argyrippvs

Pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet. quamquam ego istánc amo,

possum equidem inducere animum, ne aegre patiar quia tecum accubat.

Demaenetvs

Decet verecundum esse adulescentem, Argyrippe.

Argyrippvs

Edepol, pater,

merito tuo facere possum.

Demaenetvs

Age ergo, hoc agitemus convivium

vino ut sermone suavi. nolo ego metui, amari mavolo,
835

mi gnate, me abs te.

Argyrippvs

Pol ego utrumque facio, ut aequom est filium.

Demaenetvs

Credam istuc, si esse te hilarum videro.

Argyrippvs

An tu me tristem putas?

Demaenetvs

Putem ego, quem videam aeque esse maestum ut quasi dies si dicta sit?

Argyrippvs

Ne dixis istuc.
839840

Demaenetvs

Ne sic fueris: ilico ego non dixero.

Argyrippvs

Em aspecta: rideo.

Demaenetvs

Vtinam male qui mihi volunt sic rideant.

Argyrippvs

Scio equidem quam ob rem me, pater, tu tristem credas nunc tibi:

quia istaéc est tecum. atque ego quidem hercle ut verum tibi dicam, pater,

ea res me male habet; at non eo, quia tibi non cupiam quae velis;

verum istam amo. aliam tecum esse equidem facile possum perpeti.
845

Demaenetvs

At ego hanc volo.

Argyrippvs

Ergo sunt quae exoptas: mihi quae ego exoptem volo.

Demaenetvs

Vnum hunc diem perpetere, quoniam tibi potestatem dedi,

cum hac annum ut esses, atque amanti argenti feci copiam.

Argyrippvs

Em istoc me facto tibi devinxti.
849850

Demaenetvs

Quin te ergo hilarum das mihi?

ARGYRIPPUS

Come then, father, let’s take our places, please.

DEMAENETUS

As you bid me, my son, so it shall be.

ARGYRIPPUS

(to the ATTENDANTS.)

Lads, spread the table.

DEMAENETUS

Is it at all displeasing to you, son, if she takes her place by me?
830
(They take their places.)

ARGYRIPPUS

Duty, father, keeps sorrow from my eyes; although I love her, still I can control my feelings, not to take it to heart because she takes her place by you.

DEMAENETUS

It becomes a young man to be respectful, Argyrippus.

ARGYRIPPUS

Troth, father, through proper regard for you, I can be so.

DEMAENETUS

Come, then, let’s enjoy this banquet

with wine and pleasant discourse. I don’t wish to be feared, I prefer myself to be loved by you, my son.
835

ARGYRIPPUS

In truth, I do them both, as is proper for a son.

DEMAENETUS

I’d believe it, if I saw you were cheerful.

ARGYRIPPUS

Why, do you think that I’m sorrowful?

DEMAENETUS

Do I think so? You, whom I see as melancholy as if the day¹ of trial had been named for you.

ARGYRIPPUS

Don’t you say that.
839840

DEMAENETUS

Don’t you be so, then I’ll not say so.

ARGYRIPPUS

Well then, look at me; I’m laughing.

(He affects to laugh.)

DEMAENETUS

I’d like that those who wish me ill would laugh thus.

DEMAENETUS

But I have a fancy for this one.

ARGYRIPPUS

Then you have what you desire; for myself, I wish for what I could desire.

DEMAENETUS

Submit to it this one day, since I’ve given you the power to be with her for a year, and have procured for you the command of money in your amour.

ARGYRIPPUS

Well, by doing that, you have laid me under an obligation to you.
849850

DEMAENETUS

Why then don’t you show yourself cheerful to me?

(They commence the banquet, PHILENIUM reclining below DEMAENETUS.)