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

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279

Lysidamvs

qui illum di omnes deaeque perdant.

Chalinvs

Te uxor aiebat tua

me vocare.
280

Lysidamvs

Ego énim vocari iussi.

Chalinvs

Eloquere quid velis.

Lysidamvs

Primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui;

stultitia est ei te esse tristem, cuius potestas plus potest.

probum te et frugi hominem iam pridem esse arbitror.

Chalinvs

Intellego.

quin, si ita arbitrare, emittis me manu?
284285

Lysidamvs

Quin id volo.

sed nihil est, me cupere factum, nisi tu factis adiuvas.

Chalinvs

Quid velis modo id velim me scire.

Lysidamvs

Ausculta, ego eloquar.

Casinam ego uxorem promisi vilico nostro dare.

Chalinvs

At tua uxor filiusque promiserunt mihi.

Lysidamvs

Scio.

sed utrum nunc tu caelibem te ésse mavis liberum
290

an maritum servom aetatem degere et gnatos tuos?

optio haec tua est: utram harum vis condicionem accipe.

Chalinvs

Liber si sim, meo periclo vivam; nunc vivo tuo.

de Casina certum est concedere homini nato nemini.

Lysidamvs

Intro abi atque actutum uxorem huc evoca ante aedis cito,
295

et sitellam huc tecum efferto cúm aqua, et sortis.

Chalinvs

Satis placet.

Lysidamvs

Ego pol istam iam aliquovorsum tragulam decidero.

nam si sic nihil impetrare potero, saltem sortiar.

ibi ego te et suffragatores tuos ulciscar.

Chalinvs

Attamen

mi obtinget sors.
300

Lysidamvs

Vt quidem pol pereas cruciatu malo.

Chalinvs

Mi illa nubet, machinare quid lubet quo vis modo.

Lysidamvs

Abin hinc ab oculis?

Chalinvs

Invitus me vides, vivam tamen.—

Lysidamvs

Sumne ego miser homo? satin omnes res sunt advorsae mihi?

iam metuo, ne Olympionem mea uxor exoraverit

ne Casinam ducat: si id factum est, ecce me nullum senem;
305

si non impetravit, etiam specula in sortist mihi.

si sors autem decolassit, gladium faciam culcitam

eumque incumbam. sed progreditur optume eccum Olympio.

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

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

Translations (1)

Casina, or The Stratagem Defeated Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.) — 2.4 focus

279 (Enter CHALINUS, from the house.)

STALINO

(aside, on seeing him.)

May all the Gods and Goddesses confound him!

CHALINUS

(addressing him.)

Your wife said that you were calling me.

STALINO

Why yes, I did order you to be sent for.

CHALINUS

Tell me what you want.

STALINO

In the first place, I want you to speak to me with a more cheerful countenance.

CHALINUS

It would be folly for me to be morose toward you whose rule is the strongest.

STALINO

Indeed! I consider you to be an honest fellow.

CHALINUS

So I find.

But if you think so, why don’t you give me my freedom?
284285

STALINO

Why so I wish to do; but it’s of no use for me to wish a thing to be done, unless you aid me with your actions.

CHALINUS

What you wish, I only wish myself to be acquainted with it.

STALINO

Listen then; I’ll tell you. I’ve promised to give Casina as a wife to our bailiff.

CHALINUS

But your wife and your son have promised her to me.

STALINO

I know it;

but whether now would you prefer yourself to be single and a free man, or, as a married man, to pass your lives, yourself and your children, in slavery? This choice is your own: whichever condition of these two you prefer, take it.
290

CHALINUS

If I am free, I live at my own cost; at present I live at yours. As to Casina, I’m resolved to give way to no born man.

STALINO

Go in-doors, and at once be quick and call my wife here, out of doors; and bring hither together with you an urn¹, with some water, and the lots.
295

CHALINUS

I’m quite agreable.

STALINO

I’ faith, in some way or other I’ll now ward off this weapon of yours; for if, as it is, I shall not be able to prevail by persuasion, at least I’ll try it by lot. There I shall take vengeance upon you and your abettors.

CHALINUS

Still, for all that the lot will fall to me—

STALINO

Aye, faith, for you to go to perdition with direful torments.

CHALINUS

She shall marry me, contrive what you will, in any way you please.

STALINO

Won’t you away hence from my sight?

CHALINUS

Unwillingly you look upon me, still I shall live on. (Goes into the house.)

STALINO

(to himself.)

Am I not a wretched man? Don’t all things go quite contrary with me? I’m now afraid that my wife will prevail upon Olympio not to

marry Casina. If that’s done, why look, it’s all over with me in my old age! If she does not prevail, there is still some tiny hope in the lots. But if the lots fail me, I’ll make a pillow of a sword, and lay me down upon it. But see, most opportunely Olympio’s coming out of doors.
305

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Lysidamvs qui illum di omnes deaeque perdant.

Chalinvs Te uxor aiebat tua me vocare. 280

Lysidamvs Ego énim vocari iussi.

Chalinvs Eloquere quid velis.

Lysidamvs Primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui; stultitia est ei te esse tristem, cuius potestas plus potest. probum te et frugi hominem iam pridem esse arbitror.

Chalinvs Intellego. quin, si ita arbitrare, emittis me manu? 284285

Lysidamvs Quin id volo. sed nihil est, me cupere factum, nisi tu factis adiuvas.

Chalinvs Quid velis modo id velim me scire.

Lysidamvs Ausculta, ego eloquar. Casinam ego uxorem promisi vilico nostro dare.

Chalinvs At tua uxor filiusque promiserunt mihi.

Lysidamvs Scio. sed utrum nunc tu caelibem te ésse mavis liberum 290 an maritum servom aetatem degere et gnatos tuos? optio haec tua est: utram harum vis condicionem accipe.

Chalinvs Liber si sim, meo periclo vivam; nunc vivo tuo. de Casina certum est concedere homini nato nemini.

Lysidamvs Intro abi atque actutum uxorem huc evoca ante aedis cito, 295 et sitellam huc tecum efferto cúm aqua, et sortis.

Chalinvs Satis placet.

Lysidamvs Ego pol istam iam aliquovorsum tragulam decidero. nam si sic nihil impetrare potero, saltem sortiar. ibi ego te et suffragatores tuos ulciscar.

Chalinvs Attamen mi obtinget sors. 300

Lysidamvs Vt quidem pol pereas cruciatu malo.

Chalinvs Mi illa nubet, machinare quid lubet quo vis modo.

Lysidamvs Abin hinc ab oculis?

Chalinvs Invitus me vides, vivam tamen.—

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STALINO (aside, on seeing him.) May all the Gods and Goddesses confound him!

CHALINUS (addressing him.) Your wife said that you were calling me.

STALINO Why yes, I did order you to be sent for.

CHALINUS Tell me what you want.

STALINO In the first place, I want you to speak to me with a more cheerful countenance.

CHALINUS It would be folly for me to be morose toward you whose rule is the strongest.

STALINO Indeed! I consider you to be an honest fellow.

CHALINUS So I find. But if you think so, why don’t you give me my freedom? 284285

STALINO Why so I wish to do; but it’s of no use for me to wish a thing to be done, unless you aid me with your actions.

CHALINUS What you wish, I only wish myself to be acquainted with it.

STALINO Listen then; I’ll tell you. I’ve promised to give Casina as a wife to our bailiff.

CHALINUS But your wife and your son have promised her to me.

STALINO I know it; but whether now would you prefer yourself to be single and a free man, or, as a married man, to pass your lives, yourself and your children, in slavery? This choice is your own: whichever condition of these two you prefer, take it. 290

CHALINUS If I am free, I live at my own cost; at present I live at yours. As to Casina, I’m resolved to give way to no born man.

STALINO Go in-doors, and at once be quick and call my wife here, out of doors; and bring hither together with you an urn 1 , with some water, and the lots. 295

CHALINUS I’m quite agreable.

STALINO I’ faith, in some way or other I’ll now ward off this weapon of yours; for if, as it is, I shall not be able to prevail by persuasion, at least I’ll try it by lot. There I shall take vengeance upon you and your abettors.

CHALINUS Still, for all that the lot will fall to me—

STALINO Aye, faith, for you to go to perdition with direful torments.

CHALINUS She shall marry me, contrive what you will, in any way you please.

STALINO Won’t you away hence from my sight?

CHALINUS Unwillingly you look upon me, still I shall live on. (Goes into the house.)

Stable identifiers

Lysidamvs

qui illum di omnes deaeque perdant.

Chalinvs

Te uxor aiebat tua

me vocare.
280

Lysidamvs

Ego énim vocari iussi.

Chalinvs

Eloquere quid velis.

Lysidamvs

Primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui;

stultitia est ei te esse tristem, cuius potestas plus potest.

probum te et frugi hominem iam pridem esse arbitror.

Chalinvs

Intellego.

quin, si ita arbitrare, emittis me manu?
284285

Lysidamvs

Quin id volo.

sed nihil est, me cupere factum, nisi tu factis adiuvas.

Chalinvs

Quid velis modo id velim me scire.

Lysidamvs

Ausculta, ego eloquar.

Casinam ego uxorem promisi vilico nostro dare.

Chalinvs

At tua uxor filiusque promiserunt mihi.

Lysidamvs

Scio.

sed utrum nunc tu caelibem te ésse mavis liberum
290

an maritum servom aetatem degere et gnatos tuos?

optio haec tua est: utram harum vis condicionem accipe.

Chalinvs

Liber si sim, meo periclo vivam; nunc vivo tuo.

de Casina certum est concedere homini nato nemini.

Lysidamvs

Intro abi atque actutum uxorem huc evoca ante aedis cito,
295

et sitellam huc tecum efferto cúm aqua, et sortis.

Chalinvs

Satis placet.

Lysidamvs

Ego pol istam iam aliquovorsum tragulam decidero.

nam si sic nihil impetrare potero, saltem sortiar.

ibi ego te et suffragatores tuos ulciscar.

Chalinvs

Attamen

mi obtinget sors.
300

Lysidamvs

Vt quidem pol pereas cruciatu malo.

Chalinvs

Mi illa nubet, machinare quid lubet quo vis modo.

Lysidamvs

Abin hinc ab oculis?

Chalinvs

Invitus me vides, vivam tamen.—

STALINO

(aside, on seeing him.)

May all the Gods and Goddesses confound him!

CHALINUS

(addressing him.)

Your wife said that you were calling me.

STALINO

Why yes, I did order you to be sent for.

CHALINUS

Tell me what you want.

STALINO

In the first place, I want you to speak to me with a more cheerful countenance.

CHALINUS

It would be folly for me to be morose toward you whose rule is the strongest.

STALINO

Indeed! I consider you to be an honest fellow.

CHALINUS

So I find.

But if you think so, why don’t you give me my freedom?
284285

STALINO

Why so I wish to do; but it’s of no use for me to wish a thing to be done, unless you aid me with your actions.

CHALINUS

What you wish, I only wish myself to be acquainted with it.

STALINO

Listen then; I’ll tell you. I’ve promised to give Casina as a wife to our bailiff.

CHALINUS

But your wife and your son have promised her to me.

STALINO

I know it;

but whether now would you prefer yourself to be single and a free man, or, as a married man, to pass your lives, yourself and your children, in slavery? This choice is your own: whichever condition of these two you prefer, take it.
290

CHALINUS

If I am free, I live at my own cost; at present I live at yours. As to Casina, I’m resolved to give way to no born man.

STALINO

Go in-doors, and at once be quick and call my wife here, out of doors; and bring hither together with you an urn¹, with some water, and the lots.
295

CHALINUS

I’m quite agreable.

STALINO

I’ faith, in some way or other I’ll now ward off this weapon of yours; for if, as it is, I shall not be able to prevail by persuasion, at least I’ll try it by lot. There I shall take vengeance upon you and your abettors.

CHALINUS

Still, for all that the lot will fall to me—

STALINO

Aye, faith, for you to go to perdition with direful torments.

CHALINUS

She shall marry me, contrive what you will, in any way you please.

STALINO

Won’t you away hence from my sight?

CHALINUS

Unwillingly you look upon me, still I shall live on. (Goes into the house.)