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1 quíbus ingenium in animo utibilest, modicum et sine vernilitate
1

2 víncla, virgaé, molae: saévitudo mala fit peior

3 convérrite scópis, agite strénue

4 ecquis évocat

4 cum nassiterna et cum aqua istum impurissimum?
5

5 sícut lacte lactis similest

(Bacchis)

6 ílla mi cognominis fuit

7 (latro) suam qui auro vitam venditat

8 sció spiritum éius maiórem esse multo

8 quam folles taurini habént, cum liquescunt
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8 petraé, ferrum ubí fit.

8 Cuiatis tibi visust?

8 Praenéstinum opino esse, ita erat gloriosus.

9 néque id haud subditiva glória oppidum arbitror.

(Pver)

10 ne a quóquam acciperes alio mercedem annuam,

10 nisi ab sése, nec cum quiquam limares caput.
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11 limaces viri

12 cór meum, spés mea,

12 mél meum, suávitudó, cibus, gaúdium.

13 síne te amem

14 Cupidon tecum saevust anne Amor?
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15 Vlíxem audivi fuisse aerumnosissimum,

15 qui annis viginti errans a patria afuit;

15 verum hic adulescens multo Vlixem anteit

15 qui ílico errat intra muros civicos.

16 quidquid est nomen sibi
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(Pistoclervs)

17 quaé sodalem átque me exércitos habet

18 nam crédo cuivis excantare cor potes.

19 sin lénocinium forte collibitum est tibi,

19 videas mercedis quid tibi est aecum dari,

19 ne istac aetate me sectere gratiis.
30

20 Arabus

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

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

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Bacchides, or The Twin Sisters Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 1.0 focus

1 (Enter PISTOCLERUS.¹

PISTOCLERUS

those who are² of a thrifty turn of mind, modest, and without servility.
1

Chains, rods, and mills; their shocking brutality becomes worse.

She who keeps my friend and me engaged.

(Exit.)

(Enter FIRST BACCHIS.)

1st BACCHIS

I have heard³ that Ulysses underwent toils innumerable, who, in wanderings, was twenty years away from his native land. But this young man by far outdoes Ulysses; who here in this spot is wandering within the walls of the city.

1st BACCHIS

She was of the same name with myself.

1st BACCHIS

Sweep out the house⁴ with brooms, work briskly.

Will some one call

that most dirty fellow with the water-pail⁵ and the water.
5

(CLEOMACHUS, SECOND BACCHIS.)

CLEOMACHUS

But if a life⁶ of wantonness is perchance preferred by you, consider the price that I agreed to give you that at that age you might not be following me for nought

that from no one else you might be receiving a yearly pay, except from oneself, nor be toying with any man

like slugs upon a man.

(PISTOCLERUS, SECOND BACCHIS, SERVANT.)

PISTOCLERUS

As like as milk⁷ is to milk;

whatever is her name
25

SERVANT

The soldier who sells his life for gold

I know that his breath is much stronger than when the bellows of bull’s hide are blowing, when the rocks melt where the iron is made.

PISTOCLERUS

Of what country did he seem to you?

SERVANT

I think he is of Praeneste⁸; he was such a boaster.

PISTOCLERUS

The city and I don’t think it is in spurious boastfulness.

(Enter FIRST and SECOND BACCHIS.)

1st BACCHIS

My heart, my hope⁹,

my honey, my sweetness, my nutriment, my delight.

Let me bestow on you my love

the Arabian

Has Cupid or has love overpowered you?
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Perhaps to suspect that you are in love.

Get money from that quarter

for I really do believe that with ease you can enchant the heart of any man¹⁰.

T. Maccius Plautus Bacchides 1.0

ed. Friedrich Leo

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1 quíbus ingenium in animo utibilest, modicum et sine vernilitate
1

2 víncla, virgaé, molae: saévitudo mala fit peior

3 convérrite scópis, agite strénue

4 ecquis évocat

4 cum nassiterna et cum aqua istum impurissimum?
5

5 sícut lacte lactis similest

(Pistoclervs)

17 quaé sodalem átque me exércitos habet

18 nam crédo cuivis excantare cor potes.

19 sin lénocinium forte collibitum est tibi,

19 videas mercedis quid tibi est aecum dari,

19 ne istac aetate me sectere gratiis.
30

20 Arabus

Current edition Perseus

PISTOCLERUS

those who are² of a thrifty turn of mind, modest, and without servility.
1

Chains, rods, and mills; their shocking brutality becomes worse.

She who keeps my friend and me engaged.

(Exit.)

1st BACCHIS

I have heard³ that Ulysses underwent toils innumerable, who, in wanderings, was twenty years away from his native land. But this young man by far outdoes Ulysses; who here in this spot is wandering within the walls of the city.

1st BACCHIS

She was of the same name with myself.

1st BACCHIS

Sweep out the house⁴ with brooms, work briskly.

Will some one call

that most dirty fellow with the water-pail⁵ and the water.
5

PISTOCLERUS

As like as milk⁷ is to milk;

whatever is her name
25

SERVANT

The soldier who sells his life for gold

I know that his breath is much stronger than when the bellows of bull’s hide are blowing, when the rocks melt where the iron is made.

PISTOCLERUS

Of what country did he seem to you?

SERVANT

I think he is of Praeneste⁸; he was such a boaster.

PISTOCLERUS

The city and I don’t think it is in spurious boastfulness.

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Unknown 1 quíbus ingenium in animo utibilest, modicum et sine vernilitate 1 2 víncla, virgaé, molae: saévitudo mala fit peior 3 convérrite scópis, agite strénue 4 ecquis évocat 4 cum nassiterna et cum aqua istum impurissimum? 5 5 sícut lacte lactis similest

(Pistoclervs) 17 quaé sodalem átque me exércitos habet 18 nam crédo cuivis excantare cor potes. 19 sin lénocinium forte collibitum est tibi, 19 videas mercedis quid tibi est aecum dari, 19 ne istac aetate me sectere gratiis. 30 20 Arabus

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PISTOCLERUS those who are 2 of a thrifty turn of mind, modest, and without servility. 1 Chains, rods, and mills; their shocking brutality becomes worse. She who keeps my friend and me engaged. (Exit.)

1st BACCHIS I have heard 3 that Ulysses underwent toils innumerable, who, in wanderings, was twenty years away from his native land. But this young man by far outdoes Ulysses; who here in this spot is wandering within the walls of the city.

1st BACCHIS She was of the same name with myself.

1st BACCHIS Sweep out the house 4 with brooms, work briskly. Will some one call that most dirty fellow with the water-pail 5 and the water. 5

PISTOCLERUS As like as milk 7 is to milk; whatever is her name 25

SERVANT The soldier who sells his life for gold I know that his breath is much stronger than when the bellows of bull’s hide are blowing, when the rocks melt where the iron is made.

PISTOCLERUS Of what country did he seem to you?

SERVANT I think he is of Praeneste 8 ; he was such a boaster.

PISTOCLERUS The city and I don’t think it is in spurious boastfulness.

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Unknown

1 quíbus ingenium in animo utibilest, modicum et sine vernilitate
1

2 víncla, virgaé, molae: saévitudo mala fit peior

3 convérrite scópis, agite strénue

4 ecquis évocat

4 cum nassiterna et cum aqua istum impurissimum?
5

5 sícut lacte lactis similest

(Pistoclervs)

17 quaé sodalem átque me exércitos habet

18 nam crédo cuivis excantare cor potes.

19 sin lénocinium forte collibitum est tibi,

19 videas mercedis quid tibi est aecum dari,

19 ne istac aetate me sectere gratiis.
30

20 Arabus

PISTOCLERUS

those who are² of a thrifty turn of mind, modest, and without servility.
1

Chains, rods, and mills; their shocking brutality becomes worse.

She who keeps my friend and me engaged.

(Exit.)

1st BACCHIS

I have heard³ that Ulysses underwent toils innumerable, who, in wanderings, was twenty years away from his native land. But this young man by far outdoes Ulysses; who here in this spot is wandering within the walls of the city.

1st BACCHIS

She was of the same name with myself.

1st BACCHIS

Sweep out the house⁴ with brooms, work briskly.

Will some one call

that most dirty fellow with the water-pail⁵ and the water.
5

PISTOCLERUS

As like as milk⁷ is to milk;

whatever is her name
25

SERVANT

The soldier who sells his life for gold

I know that his breath is much stronger than when the bellows of bull’s hide are blowing, when the rocks melt where the iron is made.

PISTOCLERUS

Of what country did he seem to you?

SERVANT

I think he is of Praeneste⁸; he was such a boaster.

PISTOCLERUS

The city and I don’t think it is in spurious boastfulness.