T. Maccius Plautus, Truculentus, ed. Friedrich Leo, 2.3

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322

Diniarchvs

Piscis ego credo, qui usque dum vivont lavant,

minus diú lavare quam haec lavat Phronesium.

si proinde amentur, mulieres diu quam lavant,

omnes amantes balneatores sient.
325

Astaphivm

Non quis parumper durare opperirier?

Diniarchvs

Quin hercle lassus iam sum durando miser:

mihi quoque prae lassitudine opus est ut lavem.

sed obsecro hercle, Astaphium, i intro ac nuntia

me adesse, ut properet suade, iam ut satis laverit.
330

Astaphivm

Licet.

Diniarchvs

Audin etiam?

Astaphivm

Quid vis?

Diniarchvs

Di me perduint,

qui te revocavi. non tibi dicebam i modo?

Astaphivm

Quidnam revocabas? improbu's improbus es nihilique homo:

tute tibi mille passum peperisti moram.—

Diniarchvs

Sed quid haec hic autem tam diu ante aedis stetit?
335

nescio quem praestolata est; credo, militem.

illum student iam; quasi volturii triduo

prius praédivinant, quo die esuri sient:

illum inhiant omnes, illi est animus omnibus;

me nemo magis respiciet, ubi is est huc venerit,
340

quasi abhinc ducentos annos fuerim mortuos.

ut rem servare suave est! vae misero mihi,

post factum flector, qui antepartum perdidi.

verum nunc si qua mi obtigerit hereditas

magna atque luculenta, nunc postquam scio
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dulce atque amarum quid sit ex pecunia,

ita ego íllam edepol servem itaque parce victitem,

ut—nulla faxim cis dies paucos siet;

ego istós, qui nunc me culpant, confutaverim.

sed aestuosas sentio aperiri fores,
350

quae obsorbent quidquid venit intra pessulos.

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

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

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Truculentus, or The Churl Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 2. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913.) — 2.3 focus

322 (Enter DINARCHUS, from PHRONESIUM’S house.)

DINARCHUS

I do believe that the fishes, that are always bathing as long as they live, do not take so long in bathing as this Phronesium does in bathing. If women could be loved on as long as¹ they take in bathing,

all lovers would be becoming bath-keepers.
325

ASTAPHIUM

Can’t you endure waiting for a short time even?

DINARCHUS

Why, ’pon my faith, I’m wretchedly tired with waiting already.

ASTAPHIUM

I, as well, shall be obliged to go bathe from weariness

DINARCHUS

But, i’ faith, Astaphium, prithee do go in-doors and tell her

that I’m here. Do go at once, and persuade her that she has bathed long enough by this.
330

ASTAPHIUM

Very well.

(Going.)

DINARCHUS

And do you hear as well?

ASTAPHIUM

What do you want?

(Comes back.)

DINARCHUS

May the Gods confound me for calling you back. I had nothing to say to you, only do be off.

ASTAPHIUM

Why did you call me back then, you worthless and good-for-nothing fellow? A delay to me which has produced fully a mile’s delay to you.

(Goes into the house of PHRONESIUM.)

DINARCHUS

(to himself.)

But yet why was she standing here so long before the house? Some one, I don’t know who, she certainly was waiting for; the Captain, I suppose. That’s it; see now, how, just like vultures², a whole three days beforehand they foresee on what day they are to have a feast. They’re all agape for him; on him are all their minds fixed.
335

No one will be giving any more attention to myself, when he comes, than if I had been dead two hundred years ago. How delightful a thing it is to keep one’s money! Ah wretched me! after it’s done I’m punished, who lost what I once had.
340

But now, if any great and splendid fortune should chance to fall to my lot, now, after I know it, what sweets and what bitters come of money, by my troth, I’d so keep it, I’d live in a manner so sparing, that—in a few days I’d make there to be none at all. I’d then confute those who now censure me.

But I perceive that this tide-like door is opening (the door of PHRONESIUM’S house is opened), which sucks up whatever comes within its bolts.
350

T. Maccius Plautus Truculentus 2.3

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Diniarchvs

Piscis ego credo, qui usque dum vivont lavant,

minus diú lavare quam haec lavat Phronesium.

si proinde amentur, mulieres diu quam lavant,

omnes amantes balneatores sient.
325

Astaphivm

Non quis parumper durare opperirier?

Diniarchvs

Quin hercle lassus iam sum durando miser:

mihi quoque prae lassitudine opus est ut lavem.

sed obsecro hercle, Astaphium, i intro ac nuntia

me adesse, ut properet suade, iam ut satis laverit.
330

Astaphivm

Licet.

Diniarchvs

Audin etiam?

Astaphivm

Quid vis?

Diniarchvs

Di me perduint,

qui te revocavi. non tibi dicebam i modo?

Astaphivm

Quidnam revocabas? improbu's improbus es nihilique homo:

tute tibi mille passum peperisti moram.—

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DINARCHUS

I do believe that the fishes, that are always bathing as long as they live, do not take so long in bathing as this Phronesium does in bathing. If women could be loved on as long as¹ they take in bathing,

all lovers would be becoming bath-keepers.
325

ASTAPHIUM

Can’t you endure waiting for a short time even?

DINARCHUS

Why, ’pon my faith, I’m wretchedly tired with waiting already.

ASTAPHIUM

I, as well, shall be obliged to go bathe from weariness

DINARCHUS

But, i’ faith, Astaphium, prithee do go in-doors and tell her

that I’m here. Do go at once, and persuade her that she has bathed long enough by this.
330

ASTAPHIUM

Very well.

(Going.)

DINARCHUS

And do you hear as well?

ASTAPHIUM

What do you want?

(Comes back.)

DINARCHUS

May the Gods confound me for calling you back. I had nothing to say to you, only do be off.

ASTAPHIUM

Why did you call me back then, you worthless and good-for-nothing fellow? A delay to me which has produced fully a mile’s delay to you.

(Goes into the house of PHRONESIUM.)

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Diniarchvs Piscis ego credo, qui usque dum vivont lavant, minus diú lavare quam haec lavat Phronesium. si proinde amentur, mulieres diu quam lavant, omnes amantes balneatores sient. 325

Astaphivm Non quis parumper durare opperirier?

Diniarchvs Quin hercle lassus iam sum durando miser: mihi quoque prae lassitudine opus est ut lavem. sed obsecro hercle, Astaphium, i intro ac nuntia me adesse, ut properet suade, iam ut satis laverit. 330

Astaphivm Licet.

Diniarchvs Audin etiam?

Astaphivm Quid vis?

Diniarchvs Di me perduint, qui te revocavi. non tibi dicebam i modo?

Astaphivm Quidnam revocabas? improbu's improbus es nihilique homo: tute tibi mille passum peperisti moram.—

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DINARCHUS I do believe that the fishes, that are always bathing as long as they live, do not take so long in bathing as this Phronesium does in bathing. If women could be loved on as long as 1 they take in bathing, all lovers would be becoming bath-keepers. 325

ASTAPHIUM Can’t you endure waiting for a short time even?

DINARCHUS Why, ’pon my faith, I’m wretchedly tired with waiting already.

ASTAPHIUM I, as well, shall be obliged to go bathe from weariness

DINARCHUS But, i’ faith, Astaphium, prithee do go in-doors and tell her that I’m here. Do go at once, and persuade her that she has bathed long enough by this. 330

ASTAPHIUM Very well. (Going.)

DINARCHUS And do you hear as well?

ASTAPHIUM What do you want? (Comes back.)

DINARCHUS May the Gods confound me for calling you back. I had nothing to say to you, only do be off.

ASTAPHIUM Why did you call me back then, you worthless and good-for-nothing fellow? A delay to me which has produced fully a mile’s delay to you. (Goes into the house of PHRONESIUM.)

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Diniarchvs

Piscis ego credo, qui usque dum vivont lavant,

minus diú lavare quam haec lavat Phronesium.

si proinde amentur, mulieres diu quam lavant,

omnes amantes balneatores sient.
325

Astaphivm

Non quis parumper durare opperirier?

Diniarchvs

Quin hercle lassus iam sum durando miser:

mihi quoque prae lassitudine opus est ut lavem.

sed obsecro hercle, Astaphium, i intro ac nuntia

me adesse, ut properet suade, iam ut satis laverit.
330

Astaphivm

Licet.

Diniarchvs

Audin etiam?

Astaphivm

Quid vis?

Diniarchvs

Di me perduint,

qui te revocavi. non tibi dicebam i modo?

Astaphivm

Quidnam revocabas? improbu's improbus es nihilique homo:

tute tibi mille passum peperisti moram.—

DINARCHUS

I do believe that the fishes, that are always bathing as long as they live, do not take so long in bathing as this Phronesium does in bathing. If women could be loved on as long as¹ they take in bathing,

all lovers would be becoming bath-keepers.
325

ASTAPHIUM

Can’t you endure waiting for a short time even?

DINARCHUS

Why, ’pon my faith, I’m wretchedly tired with waiting already.

ASTAPHIUM

I, as well, shall be obliged to go bathe from weariness

DINARCHUS

But, i’ faith, Astaphium, prithee do go in-doors and tell her

that I’m here. Do go at once, and persuade her that she has bathed long enough by this.
330

ASTAPHIUM

Very well.

(Going.)

DINARCHUS

And do you hear as well?

ASTAPHIUM

What do you want?

(Comes back.)

DINARCHUS

May the Gods confound me for calling you back. I had nothing to say to you, only do be off.

ASTAPHIUM

Why did you call me back then, you worthless and good-for-nothing fellow? A delay to me which has produced fully a mile’s delay to you.

(Goes into the house of PHRONESIUM.)