T. Maccius Plautus, Stichus, ed. Friedrich Leo, 5.5

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742

Stephanivm

Mórem vobis geram, meaé deliciae. nam íta me Venus amoéna amet,

ut ego huc iam dudum simitu exissem vobiscum foras,

nisi me vobis exornarem. nam ita est ingenium muliebre:

bene cum lauta est, tersa ornata ficta est, infecta est tamen;
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nimioque sibi mulier meretrix repperit odium ocius

sua inmunditia, quam in perpetuom ut placeat munditia sua.

Stichvs

Nimium lepide fabulata est.

Sangarinvs

Veneris mera est oratio,

Stichvs

Sangarine.

Sangarinvs

Quid est?

Stichvs

Totus doleo.

Sangarinvs

Totus? tanto miserior.

Stephanivm

Vtrubi accumbo?
750

Sangarinvs

Vtrubí tu vis?

Stephanivm

Cum ambobus volo, nam ambos amo.

Stichvs

Vapulat peculium, actum est.

Sangarinvs

Fugit hoc libertas caput.

Stephanivm

Date mihi lócum, ubi accumbam, amabo, siquidem placeo.

Stichvs

Tun mihi?

Stephanivm

Cupio cúm utroque.

Stichvs

Ei mihi, bene ego dispereo. quid ais?

Sangarinvs

Quid est?

Stichvs

Ita me di ament, numquam enim fíet hodie, haec quin saltet tamen.

age, mulsa mea suavitudo, salta: saltabo ego simul.
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Sangarinvs

Numquam edepol med istoc vinces, quin ego ibidem pruriam.

Stephanivm

Siquidem mihi saltandum est, tum vos date bibat tibicini.

Stichvs

Et quidem nóbis.

Sangarinvs

Tene, tibicen, primum; postidea loci

si hoc eduxeris, proinde ut consuetu's consuetus es antehac, celeriter

lepidam et suavem cantionem aliquam occupito cinaedicam,
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ubi perpruriscamus usque ex unguiculis. inde huc aquam.

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

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Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current edition Perseus

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

Translations (1)

Stichus, or The Parasite Rebuffed Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 5.5 focus

742 (Enter STEPHANIUM, from the house of PAMPHILUS.)

STEPHANIUM

I’ll indulge you, my dears; but, so may pretty Venus favour me, I should have already come out of doors here together with you, had I not been sprucing myself up for you. For such is the way of woman,

when she is well washed, made clean, dressed and tricked out, still is she incomplete; and a female who is a courtesan much more quickly acquires dislike for herself by sluttishness than always keeps in favour through neatness.
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STICHUS

That’s very cleverly said.

SAGARINUS

’Tis the genuine language of Venus.

STICHUS

Sagarinus.

SAGARINUS

What’s the matter?

STICHUS

I’m in pain all over.

SAGARINUS

All over? So much the more unfortunate you.

STEPHANIUM

Where do I take my place?
750

SAGARINUS

Wherever you please.

STEPHANIUM

I’d like with both of you, for I love you both.

STICHUS

Whack go my savings¹. I’m done for;

freedom has abandoned this person of mine.

STEPHANIUM

Prithee, do give me room, where I may take my place, if, indeed, I am agreable. (She takes her place.)

Now I do long to be cozy with you both.

STICHUS

I’m ruined utterly. What were you saying?

SAGARINUS

Heyday! What’s the matter?

STICHUS

So may the Gods favour me, it never shall be otherwise this day but that this girl shall have a dance somehow. Come, my love, my sweet, do dance; I’ll dance too.

(They rise and dance.)

SAGARINUS

I’ faith, you shan’t that way get the better of me, but what I’ll have a bit of enjoyment, too, that way.

STEPHANIUM

Well, if I must dance, do you then give the Piper something to drink.

STICHUS

Aye, and to me.

SAGARINUS

(holds the goblet to the PIPER.)

Piper, you take first: and after that, if you tipple this off, just as has been your wont before to-day, straightway

strike up some merry and amorous tune to dance to, by which we may tingle all over from our very finger nails. Pour some water here.
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Stichvs Nimium lepide fabulata est.

Sangarinvs Veneris mera est oratio,

Stichvs Sangarine.

Sangarinvs Quid est?

Stichvs Totus doleo.

Sangarinvs Totus? tanto miserior.

Stephanivm Vtrubi accumbo? 750

Sangarinvs Vtrubí tu vis?

Stephanivm Cum ambobus volo, nam ambos amo.

Stichvs Vapulat peculium, actum est.

Sangarinvs Fugit hoc libertas caput.

Stephanivm Date mihi lócum, ubi accumbam, amabo, siquidem placeo.

Stichvs Tun mihi?

Stephanivm Cupio cúm utroque.

Stichvs Ei mihi, bene ego dispereo. quid ais?

Sangarinvs Quid est?

Stichvs Ita me di ament, numquam enim fíet hodie, haec quin saltet tamen. age, mulsa mea suavitudo, salta: saltabo ego simul. 755

Sangarinvs Numquam edepol med istoc vinces, quin ego ibidem pruriam.

Stephanivm Siquidem mihi saltandum est, tum vos date bibat tibicini.

Stichvs Et quidem nóbis.

Sangarinvs Tene, tibicen, primum; postidea loci si hoc eduxeris, proinde ut consuetu's consuetus es antehac, celeriter lepidam et suavem cantionem aliquam occupito cinaedicam, 760 ubi perpruriscamus usque ex unguiculis. inde huc aquam.

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STICHUS That’s very cleverly said.

SAGARINUS ’Tis the genuine language of Venus.

STICHUS Sagarinus.

SAGARINUS What’s the matter?

STICHUS I’m in pain all over.

SAGARINUS All over? So much the more unfortunate you.

STEPHANIUM Where do I take my place? 750

SAGARINUS Wherever you please.

STEPHANIUM I’d like with both of you, for I love you both.

STICHUS Whack go my savings 1 . I’m done for; freedom has abandoned this person of mine.

STEPHANIUM Prithee, do give me room, where I may take my place, if, indeed, I am agreable. (She takes her place.) Now I do long to be cozy with you both.

STICHUS I’m ruined utterly. What were you saying?

SAGARINUS Heyday! What’s the matter?

STICHUS So may the Gods favour me, it never shall be otherwise this day but that this girl shall have a dance somehow. Come, my love, my sweet, do dance; I’ll dance too. (They rise and dance.)

SAGARINUS I’ faith, you shan’t that way get the better of me, but what I’ll have a bit of enjoyment, too, that way.

STEPHANIUM Well, if I must dance, do you then give the Piper something to drink.

STICHUS Aye, and to me.

SAGARINUS (holds the goblet to the PIPER.) Piper, you take first: and after that, if you tipple this off, just as has been your wont before to-day, straightway strike up some merry and amorous tune to dance to, by which we may tingle all over from our very finger nails. Pour some water here. 760

Stable identifiers

Stichvs

Nimium lepide fabulata est.

Sangarinvs

Veneris mera est oratio,

Stichvs

Sangarine.

Sangarinvs

Quid est?

Stichvs

Totus doleo.

Sangarinvs

Totus? tanto miserior.

Stephanivm

Vtrubi accumbo?
750

Sangarinvs

Vtrubí tu vis?

Stephanivm

Cum ambobus volo, nam ambos amo.

Stichvs

Vapulat peculium, actum est.

Sangarinvs

Fugit hoc libertas caput.

Stephanivm

Date mihi lócum, ubi accumbam, amabo, siquidem placeo.

Stichvs

Tun mihi?

Stephanivm

Cupio cúm utroque.

Stichvs

Ei mihi, bene ego dispereo. quid ais?

Sangarinvs

Quid est?

Stichvs

Ita me di ament, numquam enim fíet hodie, haec quin saltet tamen.

age, mulsa mea suavitudo, salta: saltabo ego simul.
755

Sangarinvs

Numquam edepol med istoc vinces, quin ego ibidem pruriam.

Stephanivm

Siquidem mihi saltandum est, tum vos date bibat tibicini.

Stichvs

Et quidem nóbis.

Sangarinvs

Tene, tibicen, primum; postidea loci

si hoc eduxeris, proinde ut consuetu's consuetus es antehac, celeriter

lepidam et suavem cantionem aliquam occupito cinaedicam,
760

ubi perpruriscamus usque ex unguiculis. inde huc aquam.

STICHUS

That’s very cleverly said.

SAGARINUS

’Tis the genuine language of Venus.

STICHUS

Sagarinus.

SAGARINUS

What’s the matter?

STICHUS

I’m in pain all over.

SAGARINUS

All over? So much the more unfortunate you.

STEPHANIUM

Where do I take my place?
750

SAGARINUS

Wherever you please.

STEPHANIUM

I’d like with both of you, for I love you both.

STICHUS

Whack go my savings¹. I’m done for;

freedom has abandoned this person of mine.

STEPHANIUM

Prithee, do give me room, where I may take my place, if, indeed, I am agreable. (She takes her place.)

Now I do long to be cozy with you both.

STICHUS

I’m ruined utterly. What were you saying?

SAGARINUS

Heyday! What’s the matter?

STICHUS

So may the Gods favour me, it never shall be otherwise this day but that this girl shall have a dance somehow. Come, my love, my sweet, do dance; I’ll dance too.

(They rise and dance.)

SAGARINUS

I’ faith, you shan’t that way get the better of me, but what I’ll have a bit of enjoyment, too, that way.

STEPHANIUM

Well, if I must dance, do you then give the Piper something to drink.

STICHUS

Aye, and to me.

SAGARINUS

(holds the goblet to the PIPER.)

Piper, you take first: and after that, if you tipple this off, just as has been your wont before to-day, straightway

strike up some merry and amorous tune to dance to, by which we may tingle all over from our very finger nails. Pour some water here.
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