T. Maccius Plautus, Aulularia, ed. Friedrich Leo, 2.4

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280

Pythodicvs

Postquam óbsonavit erus et conduxit coquos
280

tibicinasque hasce apud forum, edixit mihi

ut dispertirem obsonium hic bifariam.

Anthrax

Me quidem hercle, dicam tibi palam, non divides;

si quo tu totum me ire vis, operam dabo.

Congrio

Bellum et pudicum vero prostibulum popli.
285

post si quis vellet, te haud non velles dividi.

Pythodicvs

Atque ego istuc, Anthrax, alio vorsum dixeram,

non istuc quo tu insimulas. sed erus nuptias

meus hodie faciet.

Anthrax

Cuius ducit filiam?

Pythodicvs

Vicini huius Euclionis senis e proximo.
290

ei adeo obsoni hinc iussit dimidium dari,

cocum alterum itidemque alteram tibicinam.

Anthrax

Nempe huc dimidium dicis, dimidium domum?

Pythodicvs

Nempe sícut dicis.

Anthrax

Quíd? hic non poterat de suo

senex óbsonari filiai nuptiis?
295

Pythodicvs

Vah.

Anthrax

Quid negotist?

Pythodicvs

Quid negoti sit rogas?

pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex.

Anthrax

Ain tandem?

Pythodicvs

Ita esse ut dixi. tute existuma:

suam rem periisse seque eradicarier.

quin divom atque hominum clamat continuo fidem,
300

de suo tigillo fumus si qua exit foras.

quin cum it dormitum, follem obstringit ob gulam.

Anthrax

Cur?

Pythodicvs

Ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens.

Anthrax

Etiamne obturat inferiorem gutturem,

ne quid animai forte amittat dormiens?
305

Pythodicvs

Haec mihi te ut tibi med aequom est, credo, credere.

Anthrax

Immo equidem credo.

Pythodicvs

At scin etiam quo modo?

aquam hercle plorat, cum lavat, profundere.

Anthrax

Censen talentum magnum exorari pote

ab istóc sene ut det, qui fiamus liberi?
310

Pythodicvs

Famem hercle utendam si roges, numquam dabit.

quin ipsi pridem tonsor unguis dempserat:

collegit, omnia abstulit praesegmina.

Anthrax

Edepol mortalem parce parcum praedicas.

Pythodicvs

Censen vero esse parcum et misere vivere?
315

pulmentum pridem éi eripuit miluos:

homo ad praetorem plorabundus devenit;

infit ibi postulare plorans, eiulans,

ut sibi liceret miluom vadarier.

sescenta sunt quae memorem, si sit otium.
320

sed uter vestrorum est celerior? memora mihi.

Anthrax

Ego, et multo melior.

Pythodicvs

Cocum ego, non furem rogo.

Anthrax

Cocum ergo dico.

Pythodicvs

Quid tu ais?

Congrio

Sic sum ut vides.

Anthrax

Cocus ille nundinalest, in nonum diem

solet ire coctum.
325

Congrio

Tun, trium litterarum homo,

me vituperas? fur.

Anthrax

Etiam fur, trifurcifer.

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

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Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

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

Translations (1)

Aulularia, or The Concealed Treasure Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 2.4 focus

280 (Enter STROBIOUS, ANTHRAX, and CONGRIO, with MUSIC GIRLS and PERSONS carrying provisions.)

STROBILUS

After my master had bought the provisions, and hired the cooks ¹ and these music- girls in the market-place, he ordered me to divide these provisions into two parts.
280

LYCONIDES

By my troth, but you really shan’t be dividing me ², I tell you plainly. If you wish me to go anywhere whole, I’ll do my best.

ANTHRAX

A very pretty and modest fellow, indeed³. As if, when you are a conger by name, you wouldn’t like to be cut into pieces.
285

LYCONIDES

But, Anthrax, I said that in another sense, and not in the one which you are pretending.

STROBILUS

Now my master’s going to be married to-day.⁴

ANTHRAX

Whose daughter is he to marry?

STROBILUS

The daughter of this Euclio, his near neighbour here. For that reason he has ordered half of these provisions here to be presented to him—one cook, and one music-girl likewise.
290

ANTHRAX

That is, you take one half to him, the other half home?

STROBILUS

’Tis just as you say.

ANTHRAX

How’s that? Couldn’t this old fellow provide from his own resources for the wedding of his daughter.

STROBILUS

Pshaw!

ANTHRAX

What’s the matter?

STROBILUS

What’s the matter, do you ask? A pumice stone isn’t so dry as is this old fellow.

ANTHRAX

Do you really say that it is as you affirm?

STROBILUS

Do be judge yourself. Why, he’s for ever crying out for aid from Gods and men, that his property has gone, and that he is ruined root and branch,

if the smoke by chance escapes out of doors through the rafters of his house. Why, when he goes to sleep, he ties a bag⁵ beneath his gullet.

ANTHRAX

Why so?

STROBILUS

That when he sleeps, he may lose no breath.

ANTHRAX

And does he stop up the lower part of his windpipe⁶ as well,

lest, perchance, he should lose any breath as he sleeps?
305

STROBILUS

In that ’tis as fair that you should credit me, as it is for me to credit you.

ANTHRAX

Why really, I do believe you.

STROBILUS

But, further, do you know how it is?

I’ faith, he grieves to throw away the water when he washes.

ANTHRAX

Do you think a great talent⁷

might be begged of this old fellow for him to give us, through which we might become free?
310

STROBILUS

By my troth, if you were to ask it, he would never let you have the loan of hunger. Why, the other day, the barber had cut his nails⁸; he collected all the parings, and carried them off.

ANTHRAX

I’ faith, you do describe a miserably stingy wretch.

LYCONIDES

But do you think that he does live so very stingily and wretchedly?
315

STROBILUS

A kite, the other day, carried off his morsel of food; the fellow went crying to the Praetor⁹; there, weeping and lamenting, he began to request that he might be allowed to compel the kite to give bail.

There are innumerable other things that I could mention, if I had the leisure. But which of you two is the sharper? Tell me.
320

LYCONIDES

I—as being much the better one.

STROBILUS

A cook I ask for, not a thief ¹⁰.

LYCONIDES

As a cook, I mean.

STROBILUS

(to ANTHRAX.)

What do you say?

ANTHRAX

I’m just as you see me.

LYCONIDES

He’s a nine-day cook¹¹; every ninth day

he’s in the habit of going out to cook.
325

ANTHRAX

You, you three-lettered fellow¹²;

do you abuse me, you thief?

LYCONIDES

To be sure I do, you trebly-distilled thief of thieves¹³.

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Pythodicvs Postquam óbsonavit erus et conduxit coquos 280 tibicinasque hasce apud forum, edixit mihi ut dispertirem obsonium hic bifariam.

Anthrax Me quidem hercle, dicam tibi palam, non divides; si quo tu totum me ire vis, operam dabo.

Congrio Bellum et pudicum vero prostibulum popli. 285 post si quis vellet, te haud non velles dividi.

Pythodicvs Atque ego istuc, Anthrax, alio vorsum dixeram, non istuc quo tu insimulas. sed erus nuptias meus hodie faciet.

Anthrax Cuius ducit filiam?

Pythodicvs Vicini huius Euclionis senis e proximo. 290 ei adeo obsoni hinc iussit dimidium dari, cocum alterum itidemque alteram tibicinam.

Anthrax Nempe huc dimidium dicis, dimidium domum?

Pythodicvs Nempe sícut dicis.

Anthrax Quíd? hic non poterat de suo senex óbsonari filiai nuptiis? 295

Pythodicvs Vah.

Anthrax Quid negotist?

Pythodicvs Quid negoti sit rogas? pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex.

Anthrax Ain tandem?

Pythodicvs Ita esse ut dixi. tute existuma: suam rem periisse seque eradicarier. quin divom atque hominum clamat continuo fidem, 300 de suo tigillo fumus si qua exit foras. quin cum it dormitum, follem obstringit ob gulam.

Anthrax Cur?

Pythodicvs Ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens.

Anthrax Etiamne obturat inferiorem gutturem, ne quid animai forte amittat dormiens? 305

Pythodicvs Haec mihi te ut tibi med aequom est, credo, credere.

Anthrax Immo equidem credo.

Pythodicvs At scin etiam quo modo? aquam hercle plorat, cum lavat, profundere.

Anthrax Censen talentum magnum exorari pote ab istóc sene ut det, qui fiamus liberi? 310

Pythodicvs Famem hercle utendam si roges, numquam dabit. quin ipsi pridem tonsor unguis dempserat: collegit, omnia abstulit praesegmina.

Anthrax Edepol mortalem parce parcum praedicas.

Pythodicvs Censen vero esse parcum et misere vivere? 315 pulmentum pridem éi eripuit miluos: homo ad praetorem plorabundus devenit; infit ibi postulare plorans, eiulans, ut sibi liceret miluom vadarier. sescenta sunt quae memorem, si sit otium. 320 sed uter vestrorum est celerior? memora mihi.

Anthrax Ego, et multo melior.

Pythodicvs Cocum ego, non furem rogo.

Anthrax Cocum ergo dico.

Pythodicvs Quid tu ais?

Congrio Sic sum ut vides.

Anthrax Cocus ille nundinalest, in nonum diem solet ire coctum. 325

Congrio Tun, trium litterarum homo, me vituperas? fur.

Anthrax Etiam fur, trifurcifer.

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STROBILUS After my master had bought the provisions, and hired the cooks 1 and these music- girls in the market-place, he ordered me to divide these provisions into two parts. 280

LYCONIDES By my troth, but you really shan’t be dividing me 2 , I tell you plainly. If you wish me to go anywhere whole, I’ll do my best.

ANTHRAX A very pretty and modest fellow, indeed 3 . As if, when you are a conger by name, you wouldn’t like to be cut into pieces. 285

LYCONIDES But, Anthrax, I said that in another sense, and not in the one which you are pretending.

STROBILUS Now my master’s going to be married to-day. 4

ANTHRAX Whose daughter is he to marry?

STROBILUS The daughter of this Euclio, his near neighbour here. For that reason he has ordered half of these provisions here to be presented to him—one cook, and one music-girl likewise. 290

ANTHRAX That is, you take one half to him, the other half home?

STROBILUS ’Tis just as you say.

ANTHRAX How’s that? Couldn’t this old fellow provide from his own resources for the wedding of his daughter.

STROBILUS Pshaw!

ANTHRAX What’s the matter?

STROBILUS What’s the matter, do you ask? A pumice stone isn’t so dry as is this old fellow.

ANTHRAX Do you really say that it is as you affirm?

STROBILUS Do be judge yourself. Why, he’s for ever crying out for aid from Gods and men, that his property has gone, and that he is ruined root and branch, if the smoke by chance escapes out of doors through the rafters of his house. Why, when he goes to sleep, he ties a bag 5 beneath his gullet.

ANTHRAX Why so?

STROBILUS That when he sleeps, he may lose no breath.

ANTHRAX And does he stop up the lower part of his windpipe 6 as well, lest, perchance, he should lose any breath as he sleeps? 305

STROBILUS In that ’tis as fair that you should credit me, as it is for me to credit you.

ANTHRAX Why really, I do believe you.

STROBILUS But, further, do you know how it is? I’ faith, he grieves to throw away the water when he washes.

ANTHRAX Do you think a great talent 7 might be begged of this old fellow for him to give us, through which we might become free? 310

STROBILUS By my troth, if you were to ask it, he would never let you have the loan of hunger. Why, the other day, the barber had cut his nails 8 ; he collected all the parings, and carried them off.

ANTHRAX I’ faith, you do describe a miserably stingy wretch.

LYCONIDES But do you think that he does live so very stingily and wretchedly? 315

LYCONIDES I—as being much the better one.

STROBILUS A cook I ask for, not a thief 10 .

LYCONIDES As a cook, I mean.

STROBILUS (to ANTHRAX.) What do you say?

ANTHRAX I’m just as you see me.

LYCONIDES He’s a nine-day cook 11 ; every ninth day he’s in the habit of going out to cook. 325

ANTHRAX You, you three-lettered fellow 12 ; do you abuse me, you thief?

LYCONIDES To be sure I do, you trebly-distilled thief of thieves 13 .

Stable identifiers

Pythodicvs

Postquam óbsonavit erus et conduxit coquos
280

tibicinasque hasce apud forum, edixit mihi

ut dispertirem obsonium hic bifariam.

Anthrax

Me quidem hercle, dicam tibi palam, non divides;

si quo tu totum me ire vis, operam dabo.

Congrio

Bellum et pudicum vero prostibulum popli.
285

post si quis vellet, te haud non velles dividi.

Pythodicvs

Atque ego istuc, Anthrax, alio vorsum dixeram,

non istuc quo tu insimulas. sed erus nuptias

meus hodie faciet.

Anthrax

Cuius ducit filiam?

Pythodicvs

Vicini huius Euclionis senis e proximo.
290

ei adeo obsoni hinc iussit dimidium dari,

cocum alterum itidemque alteram tibicinam.

Anthrax

Nempe huc dimidium dicis, dimidium domum?

Pythodicvs

Nempe sícut dicis.

Anthrax

Quíd? hic non poterat de suo

senex óbsonari filiai nuptiis?
295

Pythodicvs

Vah.

Anthrax

Quid negotist?

Pythodicvs

Quid negoti sit rogas?

pumex non aeque est aridus atque hic est senex.

Anthrax

Ain tandem?

Pythodicvs

Ita esse ut dixi. tute existuma:

suam rem periisse seque eradicarier.

quin divom atque hominum clamat continuo fidem,
300

de suo tigillo fumus si qua exit foras.

quin cum it dormitum, follem obstringit ob gulam.

Anthrax

Cur?

Pythodicvs

Ne quid animae forte amittat dormiens.

Anthrax

Etiamne obturat inferiorem gutturem,

ne quid animai forte amittat dormiens?
305

Pythodicvs

Haec mihi te ut tibi med aequom est, credo, credere.

Anthrax

Immo equidem credo.

Pythodicvs

At scin etiam quo modo?

aquam hercle plorat, cum lavat, profundere.

Anthrax

Censen talentum magnum exorari pote

ab istóc sene ut det, qui fiamus liberi?
310

Pythodicvs

Famem hercle utendam si roges, numquam dabit.

quin ipsi pridem tonsor unguis dempserat:

collegit, omnia abstulit praesegmina.

Anthrax

Edepol mortalem parce parcum praedicas.

Anthrax

Ego, et multo melior.

Pythodicvs

Cocum ego, non furem rogo.

Anthrax

Cocum ergo dico.

Pythodicvs

Quid tu ais?

Congrio

Sic sum ut vides.

Anthrax

Cocus ille nundinalest, in nonum diem

solet ire coctum.
325

Congrio

Tun, trium litterarum homo,

me vituperas? fur.

Anthrax

Etiam fur, trifurcifer.

STROBILUS

After my master had bought the provisions, and hired the cooks ¹ and these music- girls in the market-place, he ordered me to divide these provisions into two parts.
280

LYCONIDES

By my troth, but you really shan’t be dividing me ², I tell you plainly. If you wish me to go anywhere whole, I’ll do my best.

ANTHRAX

A very pretty and modest fellow, indeed³. As if, when you are a conger by name, you wouldn’t like to be cut into pieces.
285

LYCONIDES

But, Anthrax, I said that in another sense, and not in the one which you are pretending.

STROBILUS

Now my master’s going to be married to-day.⁴

ANTHRAX

Whose daughter is he to marry?

STROBILUS

The daughter of this Euclio, his near neighbour here. For that reason he has ordered half of these provisions here to be presented to him—one cook, and one music-girl likewise.
290

ANTHRAX

That is, you take one half to him, the other half home?

STROBILUS

’Tis just as you say.

ANTHRAX

How’s that? Couldn’t this old fellow provide from his own resources for the wedding of his daughter.

STROBILUS

Pshaw!

ANTHRAX

What’s the matter?

STROBILUS

What’s the matter, do you ask? A pumice stone isn’t so dry as is this old fellow.

ANTHRAX

Do you really say that it is as you affirm?

ANTHRAX

Why so?

STROBILUS

That when he sleeps, he may lose no breath.

ANTHRAX

And does he stop up the lower part of his windpipe⁶ as well,

lest, perchance, he should lose any breath as he sleeps?
305

STROBILUS

In that ’tis as fair that you should credit me, as it is for me to credit you.

ANTHRAX

Why really, I do believe you.

STROBILUS

But, further, do you know how it is?

I’ faith, he grieves to throw away the water when he washes.

ANTHRAX

Do you think a great talent⁷

might be begged of this old fellow for him to give us, through which we might become free?
310

STROBILUS

By my troth, if you were to ask it, he would never let you have the loan of hunger. Why, the other day, the barber had cut his nails⁸; he collected all the parings, and carried them off.

ANTHRAX

I’ faith, you do describe a miserably stingy wretch.

LYCONIDES

But do you think that he does live so very stingily and wretchedly?
315

LYCONIDES

I—as being much the better one.

STROBILUS

A cook I ask for, not a thief ¹⁰.

LYCONIDES

As a cook, I mean.

STROBILUS

(to ANTHRAX.)

What do you say?

ANTHRAX

I’m just as you see me.

LYCONIDES

He’s a nine-day cook¹¹; every ninth day

he’s in the habit of going out to cook.
325

ANTHRAX

You, you three-lettered fellow¹²;

do you abuse me, you thief?

LYCONIDES

To be sure I do, you trebly-distilled thief of thieves¹³.