T. Maccius Plautus, Asinaria, ed. Friedrich Leo, 3.1

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504

Cleareta

Néqueon ego ted interdictis facere mansuetem meis?

an ita tu es animata, ut qui matris éxpers imperio sies?
505

Philaenivm

Vbi piem Pietatem, si istoc more moratam tibi

postulem placere, mater, mihi quo pacto praecipis?

Cleareta

An decorum est adversari meis te praeceptis?

Philaenivm

Quid est?

Cleareta

Hocine est pietatem colere, matris impérium minuere?

Philaenivm

Neque quae recte faciunt culpo neque quae delinquont amo.
510

Cleareta

Satis dicacula es amatrix.

Philaenivm

Mater, is quaestus mihi est:

lingua poscit, corpus quaerit; animus orat, res monet.

Cleareta

Ego te volui castigare, tu mi accusatrix ades.

Philaenivm

Neque edepol te accuso neque id me facere fas existimo.

verum ego meas queror fortunas, cum illo quém amo prohibeor.
515

Cleareta

Ecqua pars orationis de die dabitur mihi?

Philaenivm

Et meam partem loquendi ét tuam trado tibi;

ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum.

quin pol si reposivi remum, sola ego in casteria

ubi quiesco, omnis familiae causa consistit tibi.
520

Cleareta

Quid ais tu, quam ego unam vidi mulierem audacissimam?

quotiens te votui Argyrippum filium Demaeneti

compellare aut contrectare, conloquive aut contui?

quid dedit? quid ad nos iussit deportari? an tu tibi

verba blanda esse aurum rere, dicta docta pro datis?
525

ultro amas, ultro expetessis, ultro ad te accersi iubes.

illos qui dant, eos derides; qui deludunt, deperis.

an te id exspectare oportet, si quis promittat tibi

te facturum divitem, si moriatur mater sua?

†ecastor nobis periclum magnum et familiae portenditur,
530

dum eius exspectamus mortem, ne nos moriamur fame.

nunc adeo nisi mi huc argenti ádfert viginti minas,

ne ille ecastor hinc trudetur largus lacrumarum foras.

hic dies summust apud me inópiae excusatio.

Philaenivm

Patiar, si cibo carere me iubes, mater mea.
535

Cleareta

Non voto téd amare qui dant quoia amentur gratia.

Philaenivm

Quid si hic animus occupatust, mater, quid faciam? mone.

Cleareta

Em,

meum caput contemples, si quidem ex re consultas tua.

Philaenivm

Etiam ópilio qui pascit, mater, alienas ovis,
539540

aliquam habet peculiarem, qui spem soletur suam.

sine me amare unum Argyrippum ánimi causa, quem volo.

Cleareta

Intro abi, nam te quidem edepol nihil est impudentius.

Philaenivm

Audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam.

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.) — 3.1 focus

504 (Enter CLEAERETA and PHEILENIUM, from the house of the former.)

CLEAERETA

And am I unable to render you obedient to my injunctions?

Or are you so disposed as to be free from the control of your mother?
505

PHILENIUM

How could I propitiate Piety¹, if I could desire to please you, being endowed with these manners, after the fashion, mother, that you enjoin upon me?

CLEAERETA

Is it consistent with propriety for you to oppose my precepts?

PHILENIUM

How so?

CLEAERETA

Is this worshipping Piety, to lessen the authority of a mother?

PHILENIUM

Those who act right I blame not, nor do I love those who do wrong.
510

CLEAERETA

You are a very prating, lovesick girl.

PHILENIUM

Mother, that is my living². His tongue woos me, his person seeks me, his passion pleads, opportunity prompts.

CLEAERETA

I was purposing to convince you. Are you come as my accuser?

PHILENIUM

By my troth, I neither do accuse you, nor do I think it right I should do so;

but I do complain of my lot, when I am separated from him whom I love.
515

CLEAERETA

Will then one bit of the whole day’s talk be left for myself?

PHILENIUM

Both my share of the speaking and your own do I give up to you. Do you yourself keep the signal³ both for speaking and for being silent.

But, i’ faith, if I only put up my oars in the boat-house⁴ while I’m resting, all the welfare of the household is at a standstill for you.
520

CLEAERETA

How say you, the out and out most insolent woman that ever I saw? How often have I forbidden you to speak to Argyrippus, the son of Demaenetus, or to touch him, or to hold discourse with him, or to look at him? What has he ever given? What has he ordered to be brought to our house? Or do you fancy to yourself

that smooth words are gold?—that clever speeches are as good as presents? Of your own accord you fell in love with him; of your own accord you go after him; of your own accord you request him to be sent for to you. Those who are givers, those same you laugh at; those who are cheating us, you are dying for. If any one promises you that he’ll make you rich when his mother dies, ought you to be waiting for that?
525

I’ faith, a great risk impends over ourselves and the household, that we may die of hunger while we are awaiting her death. Now therefore, unless he brings me here twenty minae of silver, upon my word, though profuse of his tears, he shall certainly be turned from here out of doors. This day’s the end of⁵ excuses for poverty at my house.
530

PHILENIUM

If, my mother, you were to order me to go without victuals, I would submit.
535

CLEAERETA

I don’t forbid you to love those who give that for the sake of which they ought to be loved.

PHILENIUM

What, mother, if this inclination of mine is fixed? What am I to do? Tell me.

CLEAERETA

Oh dear—look at my head⁶, if, indeed, you consider your own interest.

PHILENIUM

Even the shepherd, mother, that feeds the sheep of another, has a certain one of his own to be the consoler of his hopes. For the sake of my affection, do allow me to love Argyrippus only, who is my choice.
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CLEAERETA

Go in-doors, for, upon my word, there is really nothing more impudent than yourself.

PHILENIUM

Mother, you have given birth to a daughter obedient to your commands.

(They go into the house.)

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Cleareta Néqueon ego ted interdictis facere mansuetem meis? an ita tu es animata, ut qui matris éxpers imperio sies? 505

Philaenivm Vbi piem Pietatem, si istoc more moratam tibi postulem placere, mater, mihi quo pacto praecipis?

Cleareta An decorum est adversari meis te praeceptis?

Philaenivm Quid est?

Cleareta Hocine est pietatem colere, matris impérium minuere?

Philaenivm Neque quae recte faciunt culpo neque quae delinquont amo. 510

Cleareta Satis dicacula es amatrix.

Philaenivm Mater, is quaestus mihi est: lingua poscit, corpus quaerit; animus orat, res monet.

Cleareta Ego te volui castigare, tu mi accusatrix ades.

Philaenivm Neque edepol te accuso neque id me facere fas existimo. verum ego meas queror fortunas, cum illo quém amo prohibeor. 515

Cleareta Ecqua pars orationis de die dabitur mihi?

Philaenivm Et meam partem loquendi ét tuam trado tibi; ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum. quin pol si reposivi remum, sola ego in casteria ubi quiesco, omnis familiae causa consistit tibi. 520

Philaenivm Patiar, si cibo carere me iubes, mater mea. 535

Cleareta Non voto téd amare qui dant quoia amentur gratia.

Philaenivm Quid si hic animus occupatust, mater, quid faciam? mone.

Cleareta Em, meum caput contemples, si quidem ex re consultas tua.

Philaenivm Etiam ópilio qui pascit, mater, alienas ovis, 539540 aliquam habet peculiarem, qui spem soletur suam. sine me amare unum Argyrippum ánimi causa, quem volo.

Cleareta Intro abi, nam te quidem edepol nihil est impudentius.

Philaenivm Audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam.

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CLEAERETA And am I unable to render you obedient to my injunctions? Or are you so disposed as to be free from the control of your mother? 505

PHILENIUM How could I propitiate Piety 1 , if I could desire to please you, being endowed with these manners, after the fashion, mother, that you enjoin upon me?

CLEAERETA Is it consistent with propriety for you to oppose my precepts?

PHILENIUM How so?

CLEAERETA Is this worshipping Piety, to lessen the authority of a mother?

PHILENIUM Those who act right I blame not, nor do I love those who do wrong. 510

CLEAERETA You are a very prating, lovesick girl.

PHILENIUM Mother, that is my living 2 . His tongue woos me, his person seeks me, his passion pleads, opportunity prompts.

CLEAERETA I was purposing to convince you. Are you come as my accuser?

PHILENIUM By my troth, I neither do accuse you, nor do I think it right I should do so; but I do complain of my lot, when I am separated from him whom I love. 515

CLEAERETA Will then one bit of the whole day’s talk be left for myself?

PHILENIUM Both my share of the speaking and your own do I give up to you. Do you yourself keep the signal 3 both for speaking and for being silent. But, i’ faith, if I only put up my oars in the boat-house 4 while I’m resting, all the welfare of the household is at a standstill for you. 520

PHILENIUM If, my mother, you were to order me to go without victuals, I would submit. 535

CLEAERETA I don’t forbid you to love those who give that for the sake of which they ought to be loved.

PHILENIUM What, mother, if this inclination of mine is fixed? What am I to do? Tell me.

CLEAERETA Oh dear—look at my head 6 , if, indeed, you consider your own interest.

PHILENIUM Even the shepherd, mother, that feeds the sheep of another, has a certain one of his own to be the consoler of his hopes. For the sake of my affection, do allow me to love Argyrippus only, who is my choice. 539540

CLEAERETA Go in-doors, for, upon my word, there is really nothing more impudent than yourself.

PHILENIUM Mother, you have given birth to a daughter obedient to your commands. (They go into the house.)

Stable identifiers

Cleareta

Néqueon ego ted interdictis facere mansuetem meis?

an ita tu es animata, ut qui matris éxpers imperio sies?
505

Philaenivm

Vbi piem Pietatem, si istoc more moratam tibi

postulem placere, mater, mihi quo pacto praecipis?

Cleareta

An decorum est adversari meis te praeceptis?

Philaenivm

Quid est?

Cleareta

Hocine est pietatem colere, matris impérium minuere?

Philaenivm

Neque quae recte faciunt culpo neque quae delinquont amo.
510

Cleareta

Satis dicacula es amatrix.

Philaenivm

Mater, is quaestus mihi est:

lingua poscit, corpus quaerit; animus orat, res monet.

Cleareta

Ego te volui castigare, tu mi accusatrix ades.

Philaenivm

Neque edepol te accuso neque id me facere fas existimo.

verum ego meas queror fortunas, cum illo quém amo prohibeor.
515

Cleareta

Ecqua pars orationis de die dabitur mihi?

Philaenivm

Et meam partem loquendi ét tuam trado tibi;

ad loquendum atque ad tacendum tute habeas portisculum.

quin pol si reposivi remum, sola ego in casteria

ubi quiesco, omnis familiae causa consistit tibi.
520

Philaenivm

Patiar, si cibo carere me iubes, mater mea.
535

Cleareta

Non voto téd amare qui dant quoia amentur gratia.

Philaenivm

Quid si hic animus occupatust, mater, quid faciam? mone.

Cleareta

Em,

meum caput contemples, si quidem ex re consultas tua.

Philaenivm

Etiam ópilio qui pascit, mater, alienas ovis,
539540

aliquam habet peculiarem, qui spem soletur suam.

sine me amare unum Argyrippum ánimi causa, quem volo.

Cleareta

Intro abi, nam te quidem edepol nihil est impudentius.

Philaenivm

Audientem dicto, mater, produxisti filiam.

CLEAERETA

And am I unable to render you obedient to my injunctions?

Or are you so disposed as to be free from the control of your mother?
505

PHILENIUM

How could I propitiate Piety¹, if I could desire to please you, being endowed with these manners, after the fashion, mother, that you enjoin upon me?

CLEAERETA

Is it consistent with propriety for you to oppose my precepts?

PHILENIUM

How so?

CLEAERETA

Is this worshipping Piety, to lessen the authority of a mother?

PHILENIUM

Those who act right I blame not, nor do I love those who do wrong.
510

CLEAERETA

You are a very prating, lovesick girl.

PHILENIUM

Mother, that is my living². His tongue woos me, his person seeks me, his passion pleads, opportunity prompts.

CLEAERETA

I was purposing to convince you. Are you come as my accuser?

PHILENIUM

By my troth, I neither do accuse you, nor do I think it right I should do so;

but I do complain of my lot, when I am separated from him whom I love.
515

CLEAERETA

Will then one bit of the whole day’s talk be left for myself?

PHILENIUM

Both my share of the speaking and your own do I give up to you. Do you yourself keep the signal³ both for speaking and for being silent.

But, i’ faith, if I only put up my oars in the boat-house⁴ while I’m resting, all the welfare of the household is at a standstill for you.
520

PHILENIUM

If, my mother, you were to order me to go without victuals, I would submit.
535

CLEAERETA

I don’t forbid you to love those who give that for the sake of which they ought to be loved.

PHILENIUM

What, mother, if this inclination of mine is fixed? What am I to do? Tell me.

CLEAERETA

Oh dear—look at my head⁶, if, indeed, you consider your own interest.

PHILENIUM

Even the shepherd, mother, that feeds the sheep of another, has a certain one of his own to be the consoler of his hopes. For the sake of my affection, do allow me to love Argyrippus only, who is my choice.
539540

CLEAERETA

Go in-doors, for, upon my word, there is really nothing more impudent than yourself.

PHILENIUM

Mother, you have given birth to a daughter obedient to your commands.

(They go into the house.)