T. Maccius Plautus, Trinummus, ed. Friedrich Leo, 5.1

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1115

Lysiteles

Hic homóst omnium hominum praécipuos,
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voluptátibus gaudiisque ántepotens:

ita cómmoda quae cupio éveniunt,

quod ago ádsequitur, subest, súbsequitur,

ita gaúdiis gaudium súppeditat.

módo me Stasimus Lesbonici servos convenit domi;
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is mihi dixit, suom erum peregre huc advenisse Charmidem.

nunc mi is propere conveniundust, ut quae cum eius filio

egi, ei rei fundus pater sit potior. eo quantum potest.

sed fores haé sonitu suo míhi moram obiciunt incommode.

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

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

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Trinummus: The Three Pieces of Money Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 5.1 focus

1115 (Enter LYSITELES.)

LYSITELES

This individual¹ is the very first of all men; excelling all in pleasures and delights. So truly do the blessings which I desire befal me, that whatever I undertake is brought about, and constantly succeeds: so does one delight succeed other delights.
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Just now, Stasimus, the servant of Lesbonicus, came to me at home. He told me that his master, Charmides, had arrived here from abroad. Now he must be forthwith waited upon by me, that the father may prove a more sure foundation in that matter on which I have treated with his son. I’ll go. But this door, with its creaking, inopportunely causes me delay.
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(He retires to a distance.)

T. Maccius Plautus Trinummus 5.1

ed. Friedrich Leo

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