T. Maccius Plautus, Menaechmi, ed. Friedrich Leo, 5.8

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Menaechmvs (sosicles)

Men hodie usquam convenisse te, audax, audes dicere,
1050

postquam advorsum mi imperavi ut huc venires?

Messenio

Quin modo

erupui, homines quom ferebant te sublimen quattuor,

apud hasce aedis. tu clamabas deum fidem atque hominum omnium,

quóm ego accurro teque eripio vi pugnando ingratiis.

ob eam rem, quia te servavi, me amisisti liberum.
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cum argentum dixi me petere et vasa, tu quantum potest

praecucurristi obviam, ut quae fecisti infitias eas.

Sosicles

Liberum ego te iussi abire?

Messenio

Certo.

Sosicles

Quin certissimumst,

mepte potius fieri servom, quam te umquam emittam manu.

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

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

Translations (1)

Menaechmi, or The Twin Brothers Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 5.8 focus

1050 (Enter MENAECHMUS SOSICLES and MESSENIO.)

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Do you dare affirm, audacious fellow, that I have ever met you this day since the time when I ordered you to come here to meet me?
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MESSENIO

Why, I just now rescued you before this house, when four men were carrying you off upon their shoulders. You invoked the aid of all Gods and men, when I ran up and delivered you by main force, fighting, and in spite of them.

For this reason, because I rescued you, you set me at liberty. When I said that I was going for the money and the luggage, you ran before to meet me as quickly as you could, in order that you might deny what you did.
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T. Maccius Plautus Menaechmi 5.8

ed. Friedrich Leo

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Menaechmvs (sosicles)

Men hodie usquam convenisse te, audax, audes dicere,
1050

postquam advorsum mi imperavi ut huc venires?

Sosicles

Liberum ego te iussi abire?

Messenio

Certo.

Sosicles

Quin certissimumst,

mepte potius fieri servom, quam te umquam emittam manu.

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MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Do you dare affirm, audacious fellow, that I have ever met you this day since the time when I ordered you to come here to meet me?
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MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

I, bade you go away a free man?

MESSENIO

Certainly.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Why, on the contrary, ’tis most certain that I myself would rather become a slave than ever give you your freedom.

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Menaechmvs (sosicles) Men hodie usquam convenisse te, audax, audes dicere, 1050 postquam advorsum mi imperavi ut huc venires?

Sosicles Liberum ego te iussi abire?

Messenio Certo.

Sosicles Quin certissimumst, mepte potius fieri servom, quam te umquam emittam manu.

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MENAECHMUS SOSICLES Do you dare affirm, audacious fellow, that I have ever met you this day since the time when I ordered you to come here to meet me? 1050

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES I, bade you go away a free man?

MESSENIO Certainly.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES Why, on the contrary, ’tis most certain that I myself would rather become a slave than ever give you your freedom.

Stable identifiers

Menaechmvs (sosicles)

Men hodie usquam convenisse te, audax, audes dicere,
1050

postquam advorsum mi imperavi ut huc venires?

Sosicles

Liberum ego te iussi abire?

Messenio

Certo.

Sosicles

Quin certissimumst,

mepte potius fieri servom, quam te umquam emittam manu.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Do you dare affirm, audacious fellow, that I have ever met you this day since the time when I ordered you to come here to meet me?
1050

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

I, bade you go away a free man?

MESSENIO

Certainly.

MENAECHMUS SOSICLES

Why, on the contrary, ’tis most certain that I myself would rather become a slave than ever give you your freedom.