T. Maccius Plautus, Persa, ed. Friedrich Leo, 4.6

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

View: By Scene

← Previous Next →

683

Dordalvs

Probae hic argenti sunt sexaginta minae,

duobus nummis minus est.

Sagaristio

Quid ei nummi sciunt?

Dordalvs

Cruminam hanc emere aut facere uti remigret domum.
685

Sagaristio

Ne non sat esses leno, id metuebas miser,

impure, avare, ne crumillam amitteres?

Toxilvs

Sine quaeso. quando lenost, nil mirum facit.

Dordalvs

Lucro faciundo ego auspicavi in hunc diem:

nil mihi tam parvist, quin me id pigeat perdere.
690

age, accipe hoc sis.

Sagaristio

Hunc in collum, nisi piget,

impone.

Dordalvs

Vero fiat.

Sagaristio

Numquid ceterum

me voltis?

Toxilvs

Quid tam properas?

Sagaristio

Ita negotiumst:

mandatae quae sunt, volo deferre epistulas;

geminum autem fratrem servire audivi hic meum,
695

eum ego ut requiram átque uti redimam volo.

Toxilvs

Atque edepol tu me commonuisti haú male.

videor vidisse hic forma persimilem tui,

eadém statura.

Sagaristio

Quippe qui frater siet.

Dordalvs

Quid est tibi nomen?
700

Toxilvs

quod ad te attinet.

Dordalvs

Quid attinet non scire?

Sagaristio

Ausculta ergo, ut scias:

Vaniloquidorus Virginesvendonides

Nugiepiloquides Argentumexterebronides

Tedigniloquides Nugides Palponides

Quodsemelarripides Numquameripides. em tibi.
705

Dordalvs

Eu hercle, nomen multimodis scriptumst tuom.

Sagaristio

Ita sunt Persarum mores, longa nomina,

contortiplicata habemus. numquid ceterum

voltis?

Dordalvs

Vale.

Sagaristio

Et vos, nam animus iam in navist meus.

Toxilvs

Cras ires potius, hodie hic cenares.
710

Sagaristio

Vale.—

Persa. T. Maccius Plautus. ed. Friedrich Leo. Berlin. 1896.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

Persa (Latin) (Plautus. Plauti Comoediae, Volume 2. Leo, Friedrich, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1896.)

Translations (1)

Persa, or The Persian Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.) — 4.6 focus

683 (Re-enter DORDALUS, from his house, with a bag of money.)

DORDALUS

Sixty minae of assayed silver are here (pointing at the bag.) less two didrachms.

SAGARISTIO

What’s the meaning of those didrachms?

DORDALUS

To pay for this bag, or else to cause it to come home again.
685

SAGARISTIO

Lest you mightn’t be enough of a Procurer, did you fear, wretched, filthy, avaricious creature, that you might lose your bag?

TOXILUS

Pray, let him alone; since he is a Procurer, he isn’t doing anything surprising.

DORDALUS

I’ve judged from omens that I should make some profit to-day;

nothing is of value so small to me, but that I grudge to lose it. Come, take this, will you?
690
(Holds out the bag to SAGARISTIO.)

SAGARISTIO

Place it around my neck, if it is not too much trouble.

DORDALUS

Certainly, it shall be done.

(Hangs it round his neck.)

SAGARISTIO

Is there anything else that you wish with me?

TOXILUS

Why are you in such haste?

SAGARISTIO

My business is of that nature; the letters that have been entrusted me, I want to deliver;

and I’ve heard that my twin-brother’s a slave here; I wish to be off to seek him out, and redeem him.
695

TOXILUS

And, i’ faith, you’ve not badly put me in mind of it; I think that I’ve seen here one very like you in figure, of just the same size.

SAGARISTIO

Why, it must surely be my brother¹.

DORDALUS

But we’d like to know what your name is.
700

TOXILUS

What does it matter to us to know?

SAGARISTIO

Listen then, that you may know; my name is Lying- speakerus², Virgin-seller-onides, Trifle-great-talker-ides, Silver-screwer-outides, Thee-worthy-to-talk-to-ides, Wheedler-out-of-coin-ides,

What-he-has-once-got-hold-of-ides, Never-again-part-with-it-ides.
705

DORDALUS

Dear me; upon my faith, this name of yours is written in many ways.

SAGARISTIO

Such is the way with the Persians; we have long names of many words twisted together. Do you wish for anything else?

DORDALUS

Farewell!

SAGARISTIO

And you farewell; for my mind’s aboard ship already.

DORDALUS

You’d better have gone to-morrow, and dined here to-day.
710

(SAGARISTIO is going.) Farewell!

(Exit SAGARISTIO.)

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Dordalvs Probae hic argenti sunt sexaginta minae, duobus nummis minus est.

Sagaristio Quid ei nummi sciunt?

Dordalvs Cruminam hanc emere aut facere uti remigret domum. 685

Sagaristio Ne non sat esses leno, id metuebas miser, impure, avare, ne crumillam amitteres?

Toxilvs Sine quaeso. quando lenost, nil mirum facit.

Dordalvs Lucro faciundo ego auspicavi in hunc diem: nil mihi tam parvist, quin me id pigeat perdere. 690 age, accipe hoc sis.

Sagaristio Hunc in collum, nisi piget, impone.

Dordalvs Vero fiat.

Sagaristio Numquid ceterum me voltis?

Toxilvs Quid tam properas?

Sagaristio Ita negotiumst: mandatae quae sunt, volo deferre epistulas; geminum autem fratrem servire audivi hic meum, 695 eum ego ut requiram átque uti redimam volo.

Toxilvs Atque edepol tu me commonuisti haú male. videor vidisse hic forma persimilem tui, eadém statura.

Sagaristio Quippe qui frater siet.

Dordalvs Quid est tibi nomen? 700

Toxilvs quod ad te attinet.

Dordalvs Quid attinet non scire?

Sagaristio Ausculta ergo, ut scias: Vaniloquidorus Virginesvendonides Nugiepiloquides Argentumexterebronides Tedigniloquides Nugides Palponides Quodsemelarripides Numquameripides. em tibi. 705

Dordalvs Eu hercle, nomen multimodis scriptumst tuom.

Sagaristio Ita sunt Persarum mores, longa nomina, contortiplicata habemus. numquid ceterum voltis?

Dordalvs Vale.

Sagaristio Et vos, nam animus iam in navist meus.

Toxilvs Cras ires potius, hodie hic cenares. 710

Sagaristio Vale.—

Current edition Perseus

DORDALUS Sixty minae of assayed silver are here (pointing at the bag.) less two didrachms.

SAGARISTIO What’s the meaning of those didrachms?

DORDALUS To pay for this bag, or else to cause it to come home again. 685

SAGARISTIO Lest you mightn’t be enough of a Procurer, did you fear, wretched, filthy, avaricious creature, that you might lose your bag?

TOXILUS Pray, let him alone; since he is a Procurer, he isn’t doing anything surprising.

DORDALUS I’ve judged from omens that I should make some profit to-day; nothing is of value so small to me, but that I grudge to lose it. Come, take this, will you? 690 (Holds out the bag to SAGARISTIO.)

SAGARISTIO Place it around my neck, if it is not too much trouble.

DORDALUS Certainly, it shall be done. (Hangs it round his neck.)

SAGARISTIO Is there anything else that you wish with me?

TOXILUS Why are you in such haste?

SAGARISTIO My business is of that nature; the letters that have been entrusted me, I want to deliver; and I’ve heard that my twin-brother’s a slave here; I wish to be off to seek him out, and redeem him. 695

TOXILUS And, i’ faith, you’ve not badly put me in mind of it; I think that I’ve seen here one very like you in figure, of just the same size.

SAGARISTIO Why, it must surely be my brother 1 .

DORDALUS But we’d like to know what your name is. 700

TOXILUS What does it matter to us to know?

SAGARISTIO Listen then, that you may know; my name is Lying- speakerus 2 , Virgin-seller-onides, Trifle-great-talker-ides, Silver-screwer-outides, Thee-worthy-to-talk-to-ides, Wheedler-out-of-coin-ides, What-he-has-once-got-hold-of-ides, Never-again-part-with-it-ides. 705

DORDALUS Dear me; upon my faith, this name of yours is written in many ways.

SAGARISTIO Such is the way with the Persians; we have long names of many words twisted together. Do you wish for anything else?

DORDALUS Farewell!

SAGARISTIO And you farewell; for my mind’s aboard ship already.

DORDALUS You’d better have gone to-morrow, and dined here to-day. 710 (SAGARISTIO is going.) Farewell! (Exit SAGARISTIO.)

Stable identifiers

Dordalvs

Probae hic argenti sunt sexaginta minae,

duobus nummis minus est.

Sagaristio

Quid ei nummi sciunt?

Dordalvs

Cruminam hanc emere aut facere uti remigret domum.
685

Sagaristio

Ne non sat esses leno, id metuebas miser,

impure, avare, ne crumillam amitteres?

Toxilvs

Sine quaeso. quando lenost, nil mirum facit.

Dordalvs

Lucro faciundo ego auspicavi in hunc diem:

nil mihi tam parvist, quin me id pigeat perdere.
690

age, accipe hoc sis.

Sagaristio

Hunc in collum, nisi piget,

impone.

Dordalvs

Vero fiat.

Sagaristio

Numquid ceterum

me voltis?

Toxilvs

Quid tam properas?

Sagaristio

Ita negotiumst:

mandatae quae sunt, volo deferre epistulas;

geminum autem fratrem servire audivi hic meum,
695

eum ego ut requiram átque uti redimam volo.

Toxilvs

Atque edepol tu me commonuisti haú male.

videor vidisse hic forma persimilem tui,

eadém statura.

Sagaristio

Quippe qui frater siet.

Dordalvs

Quid est tibi nomen?
700

Toxilvs

quod ad te attinet.

Dordalvs

Quid attinet non scire?

Sagaristio

Ausculta ergo, ut scias:

Vaniloquidorus Virginesvendonides

Nugiepiloquides Argentumexterebronides

Tedigniloquides Nugides Palponides

Quodsemelarripides Numquameripides. em tibi.
705

Dordalvs

Eu hercle, nomen multimodis scriptumst tuom.

Sagaristio

Ita sunt Persarum mores, longa nomina,

contortiplicata habemus. numquid ceterum

voltis?

Dordalvs

Vale.

Sagaristio

Et vos, nam animus iam in navist meus.

Toxilvs

Cras ires potius, hodie hic cenares.
710

Sagaristio

Vale.—

DORDALUS

Sixty minae of assayed silver are here (pointing at the bag.) less two didrachms.

SAGARISTIO

What’s the meaning of those didrachms?

DORDALUS

To pay for this bag, or else to cause it to come home again.
685

SAGARISTIO

Lest you mightn’t be enough of a Procurer, did you fear, wretched, filthy, avaricious creature, that you might lose your bag?

TOXILUS

Pray, let him alone; since he is a Procurer, he isn’t doing anything surprising.

DORDALUS

I’ve judged from omens that I should make some profit to-day;

nothing is of value so small to me, but that I grudge to lose it. Come, take this, will you?
690
(Holds out the bag to SAGARISTIO.)

SAGARISTIO

Place it around my neck, if it is not too much trouble.

DORDALUS

Certainly, it shall be done.

(Hangs it round his neck.)

SAGARISTIO

Is there anything else that you wish with me?

TOXILUS

Why are you in such haste?

SAGARISTIO

My business is of that nature; the letters that have been entrusted me, I want to deliver;

and I’ve heard that my twin-brother’s a slave here; I wish to be off to seek him out, and redeem him.
695

TOXILUS

And, i’ faith, you’ve not badly put me in mind of it; I think that I’ve seen here one very like you in figure, of just the same size.

SAGARISTIO

Why, it must surely be my brother¹.

DORDALUS

But we’d like to know what your name is.
700

TOXILUS

What does it matter to us to know?

SAGARISTIO

Listen then, that you may know; my name is Lying- speakerus², Virgin-seller-onides, Trifle-great-talker-ides, Silver-screwer-outides, Thee-worthy-to-talk-to-ides, Wheedler-out-of-coin-ides,

What-he-has-once-got-hold-of-ides, Never-again-part-with-it-ides.
705

DORDALUS

Dear me; upon my faith, this name of yours is written in many ways.

SAGARISTIO

Such is the way with the Persians; we have long names of many words twisted together. Do you wish for anything else?

DORDALUS

Farewell!

SAGARISTIO

And you farewell; for my mind’s aboard ship already.

DORDALUS

You’d better have gone to-morrow, and dined here to-day.
710

(SAGARISTIO is going.) Farewell!

(Exit SAGARISTIO.)