T. Maccius Plautus, Aulularia, ed. Friedrich Leo, 4.7

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682

Lyconides

Dixi tibi, mater, iuxta rem mecum tenes,

super Euclionis filia. nunc te obsecro

resecroque, mater, quod dudum obsecraveram:

fac mentionem cum avonculo, mater mea.
685

Evnomia

Scis tute facta velle me quae tu velis,

et istúc confido a fratre me impetrassere;

et causa iusta est, siquidem ita est ut praedicas,

te eam cómpressisse vinulentum virginem.

Lyconides

Egone ut te advorsum mentiar, mater mea?
690

Phaedrivm

Perii, mea nutrix. obsecro te, uterum dolet.

Iuno Lucina, tuam fidem!

Lyconides

Em, mater mea,

tibi rem potiorem verbo: clamat, parturit.

Evnomia

Ei hac intro mecum, gnate mi, ad fratrem meum,

ut istúc quod me oras impetratum ab eo auferam.—
695

Lyconides

I, iam sequor te, mater. sed servom meum

Strobilum miror ubi sit, quem ego me iusseram

hic opperiri. nunc ego mecum cogito:

si mihi dat operam, me illi irasci iniurium est.

ibo intro, ubí de capite meo sunt comitia.—
700

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

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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.) — 4.7 focus

682 (Enter LYCONIDES and EUNOMIA, from the house of MEGADORUS.)

LYCONIDES

I’ve told you all, mother; as well as I do myself, you understand all about the daughter of Euclio. Now, I do entreat you, my mother, make mention of it to my uncle, and I now unask of you, mother, that which before I entreated of you, to conceal this from Megadorus.

EUNOMIA

You know, yourself, that what you desire to be done, I desire, and I trust that I shall obtain this of my brother; and the reason is good, if ’tis so as you say, that in a drunken fit you debauched this damsel.

LYCONIDES

Could I, my mother, tell a falsehood in your presence?
690

PHAEDRA
(PHAEDRA cries out in labour, in EUCLIO’S house.)

I die, my nurse; my pangs are coming on! I entreat thee for thy protection, Juno Lucina¹!

LYCONIDES

Ah! my mother, I see a more convincing proof for you; she’s crying aloud—she’s in the pangs of labour.

EUNOMIA

Come in-doors here, with me, my son, to my brother,

that I may obtain a grant from him of that which you beg of me.
695

LYCONIDES

Go; I’ll follow you this instant, mother. (EUNOMIA goes into the house.) But my servant, Strobilus, I wonder where he is, whom I ordered to wait here for me. Now I reflect with myself, if he’s lending me his assistance, it isn’t fair that I should be angry with him.

I’ll go in-doors, where they are sitting in judgment² upon my life.
700
(Goes into the house of MEGADORUS.)

T. Maccius Plautus Aulularia 4.7

ed. Friedrich Leo

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Lyconides

Dixi tibi, mater, iuxta rem mecum tenes,

super Euclionis filia. nunc te obsecro

resecroque, mater, quod dudum obsecraveram:

fac mentionem cum avonculo, mater mea.
685

Evnomia

Scis tute facta velle me quae tu velis,

et istúc confido a fratre me impetrassere;

et causa iusta est, siquidem ita est ut praedicas,

te eam cómpressisse vinulentum virginem.

Lyconides

Egone ut te advorsum mentiar, mater mea?
690

Phaedrivm

Perii, mea nutrix. obsecro te, uterum dolet.

Iuno Lucina, tuam fidem!

Lyconides

Em, mater mea,

tibi rem potiorem verbo: clamat, parturit.

Evnomia

Ei hac intro mecum, gnate mi, ad fratrem meum,

ut istúc quod me oras impetratum ab eo auferam.—
695

Lyconides

I, iam sequor te, mater. sed servom meum

Strobilum miror ubi sit, quem ego me iusseram

hic opperiri. nunc ego mecum cogito:

si mihi dat operam, me illi irasci iniurium est.

ibo intro, ubí de capite meo sunt comitia.—
700

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LYCONIDES

I’ve told you all, mother; as well as I do myself, you understand all about the daughter of Euclio. Now, I do entreat you, my mother, make mention of it to my uncle, and I now unask of you, mother, that which before I entreated of you, to conceal this from Megadorus.

EUNOMIA

You know, yourself, that what you desire to be done, I desire, and I trust that I shall obtain this of my brother; and the reason is good, if ’tis so as you say, that in a drunken fit you debauched this damsel.

LYCONIDES

Could I, my mother, tell a falsehood in your presence?
690

PHAEDRA
(PHAEDRA cries out in labour, in EUCLIO’S house.)

I die, my nurse; my pangs are coming on! I entreat thee for thy protection, Juno Lucina¹!

LYCONIDES

Ah! my mother, I see a more convincing proof for you; she’s crying aloud—she’s in the pangs of labour.

EUNOMIA

Come in-doors here, with me, my son, to my brother,

that I may obtain a grant from him of that which you beg of me.
695

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Lyconides Dixi tibi, mater, iuxta rem mecum tenes, super Euclionis filia. nunc te obsecro resecroque, mater, quod dudum obsecraveram: fac mentionem cum avonculo, mater mea. 685

Evnomia Scis tute facta velle me quae tu velis, et istúc confido a fratre me impetrassere; et causa iusta est, siquidem ita est ut praedicas, te eam cómpressisse vinulentum virginem.

Lyconides Egone ut te advorsum mentiar, mater mea? 690

Phaedrivm Perii, mea nutrix. obsecro te, uterum dolet. Iuno Lucina, tuam fidem!

Lyconides Em, mater mea, tibi rem potiorem verbo: clamat, parturit.

Evnomia Ei hac intro mecum, gnate mi, ad fratrem meum, ut istúc quod me oras impetratum ab eo auferam.— 695

Lyconides I, iam sequor te, mater. sed servom meum Strobilum miror ubi sit, quem ego me iusseram hic opperiri. nunc ego mecum cogito: si mihi dat operam, me illi irasci iniurium est. ibo intro, ubí de capite meo sunt comitia.— 700

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LYCONIDES I’ve told you all, mother; as well as I do myself, you understand all about the daughter of Euclio. Now, I do entreat you, my mother, make mention of it to my uncle, and I now unask of you, mother, that which before I entreated of you, to conceal this from Megadorus.

EUNOMIA You know, yourself, that what you desire to be done, I desire, and I trust that I shall obtain this of my brother; and the reason is good, if ’tis so as you say, that in a drunken fit you debauched this damsel.

LYCONIDES Could I, my mother, tell a falsehood in your presence? 690

PHAEDRA (PHAEDRA cries out in labour, in EUCLIO’S house.) I die, my nurse; my pangs are coming on! I entreat thee for thy protection, Juno Lucina 1 !

LYCONIDES Ah! my mother, I see a more convincing proof for you; she’s crying aloud—she’s in the pangs of labour.

EUNOMIA Come in-doors here, with me, my son, to my brother, that I may obtain a grant from him of that which you beg of me. 695

Stable identifiers

Lyconides

Dixi tibi, mater, iuxta rem mecum tenes,

super Euclionis filia. nunc te obsecro

resecroque, mater, quod dudum obsecraveram:

fac mentionem cum avonculo, mater mea.
685

Evnomia

Scis tute facta velle me quae tu velis,

et istúc confido a fratre me impetrassere;

et causa iusta est, siquidem ita est ut praedicas,

te eam cómpressisse vinulentum virginem.

Lyconides

Egone ut te advorsum mentiar, mater mea?
690

Phaedrivm

Perii, mea nutrix. obsecro te, uterum dolet.

Iuno Lucina, tuam fidem!

Lyconides

Em, mater mea,

tibi rem potiorem verbo: clamat, parturit.

Evnomia

Ei hac intro mecum, gnate mi, ad fratrem meum,

ut istúc quod me oras impetratum ab eo auferam.—
695

Lyconides

I, iam sequor te, mater. sed servom meum

Strobilum miror ubi sit, quem ego me iusseram

hic opperiri. nunc ego mecum cogito:

si mihi dat operam, me illi irasci iniurium est.

ibo intro, ubí de capite meo sunt comitia.—
700

LYCONIDES

I’ve told you all, mother; as well as I do myself, you understand all about the daughter of Euclio. Now, I do entreat you, my mother, make mention of it to my uncle, and I now unask of you, mother, that which before I entreated of you, to conceal this from Megadorus.

EUNOMIA

You know, yourself, that what you desire to be done, I desire, and I trust that I shall obtain this of my brother; and the reason is good, if ’tis so as you say, that in a drunken fit you debauched this damsel.

LYCONIDES

Could I, my mother, tell a falsehood in your presence?
690

PHAEDRA
(PHAEDRA cries out in labour, in EUCLIO’S house.)

I die, my nurse; my pangs are coming on! I entreat thee for thy protection, Juno Lucina¹!

LYCONIDES

Ah! my mother, I see a more convincing proof for you; she’s crying aloud—she’s in the pangs of labour.

EUNOMIA

Come in-doors here, with me, my son, to my brother,

that I may obtain a grant from him of that which you beg of me.
695