- Source
- Plautus. Plauti Comoediae, Volume 1. Leo, Friedrich, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1895.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi0119.phi011.humanitext-lat2:913-969
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-27
Charinus, prevented by Eutychus from entering the house to see his mistress, embarks on an imaginary journey before being restored to sanity and led inside. Meanwhile, Demipho and Lysimachus are approached by Eutychus, who reports that Lysimachus' wife has been appeased but Demipho's mistress is lost.
ut, si haec non sint vera, inceptum hoc itiner1 perficere exsequar.
Charinus: so that, if these things are not true, I may proceed to complete this journey I have begun.
Non mihi credis?
Eutychus: Don’t you believe me?
Omnia equidem credo quae dicis mihi.
Charinus: Indeed, I believe everything that you say to me.
sed quin2 intro ducis me ad eam, ut videam?
Charinus: But why don’t you lead me inside to her, so that I may see her?
Paulisper mane.
Eutychus: Wait a little while.
Quid, manebo?
Charinus: What, shall I wait?
Tempus non est intro eundi.
Eutychus: It is not the time for going inside.
Enicas.
Charinus: You are torturing me.
Non opus est, inquam, nunc intro te ire.
Eutychus: There is no need, I say, for you to go inside now.
Responde mihi,
Charinus: Answer me,
qua causa?
Charinus: for what reason?
Operae non est.3
Eutychus: It is not convenient.
Cur?
Charinus: Why?
Quia non est illi commodum.
Eutychus: Because it is not convenient for her.
Itane? commodum illi non est, quae me amat, quam ego contra amo?
Charinus: Is it so? It is not convenient for her, who loves me, whom I love in return?
omnibus hic ludificatur me modis. ego stultior,
Charinus: This fellow is mocking me in every way. I am more foolish,
qui isti credam.4 commoratur. chlamydem sumam denuo.
Charinus: to believe him. He is delaying me. I will take my cloak again.
Mane parumper atque haec audi.
Eutychus: Wait a little while and hear this.
Cape sis, puere, hoc pallium.
Charinus: Take, please, boy, this cloak.
Mater irata est patri vehementer, quia scortum sibi
Eutychus: My mother is violently angry with my father, because a mistress for himself
ob oculos adduxerit5 in aedis, dum ruri ipsa abest:
Eutychus: he has brought into the house before her eyes, while she herself was away in the country;
suspicatur illam amicam esse illi.
Eutychus: she suspects that she is his mistress.
Sonam sustuli.
Charinus: I have picked up my belt.
Eam rem nunc exquirit intus.
Eutychus: She is now investigating that matter inside.
Iam machaerast in manu.
Charinus: Now the sword is in my hand.
Nam si eo ted intro ducam—
Eutychus: For if I lead you inside there—
Tollo ampullam atque hinc eo.
Charinus: I lift up my oil-flask and go hence.
Mane, mane, Charine.
Eutychus: Wait, wait, Charinus.
Erras, me decipere haud potes.
Charinus: You are mistaken, you cannot deceive me at all.
Neque edepol volo.
Eutychus: Indeed, by Pollux, I do not wish to.
Quín tu ergo itiner exsequi meum me sinis?
Charinus: Why then don’t you let me pursue my journey?
Non sino.
Eutychus: I do not let you.
Egomet me moror. tu puere, abi hinc intro ocius.
Charinus: I am delaying myself. You, boy, go inside from here more quickly.
iam in currum escendi, iam lora ín manus cepi meas.
Charinus: Already I have mounted my chariot, already I have taken the reins into my hands.
Sanus non es.
Eutychus: You are not sane.
Quin, pedes, vos in curriculum conicitis6
Charinus: Why, feet, do you not hurl yourselves into a run
in Cyprum recta, quandoquidem pater mihi exilium parat?
Charinus: straight to Cyprus, since my father prepares exile for me?
Stultus es, noli istuc quaeso dicere.
Eutychus: You are foolish, please do not say that.
Certum exsequist,
Charinus: It is determined to pursue,
operam ut sumam ad pervestigandum, ubi sit illaec.
Charinus: so that I may apply my effort to tracking down where she is.
Quin domist.
Eutychus: Why, she is at home.
Nam hic quod dixit, id mentitust.
Charinus: For what this fellow said, he lied about it.
Vera dixi equidem tibi.
Eutychus: Indeed, I have told you the truth.
Iam Cyprum veni.
Charinus: Already I have come to Cyprus.
Quin sequere, ut illam videas quam expetis.
Eutychus: Why don’t you follow, so that you may see her whom you desire?
Percontatus non inveni.
Charinus: Having inquired, I have not found her.
Matris iam iram neglego.
Eutychus: I now disregard my mother’s anger.
Porro proficiscor quaesitum. nunc perveni Chalcidem;
Charinus: Further I set out to search. Now I have arrived at Chalcis;
video ibi hospitem Zacyntho, dico quid eo advenerim,
Charinus: I see there a guest from Zacynthus, I tell why I have come thither,
rogito quis eam vexerit, quis habeat si íbi indaudiverit.
Charinus: I ask repeatedly who carried her off, who has her if he has heard anything of it there.
Quin tu istas omittis nugas ac mecum huc intro ambulas?
Eutychus: Why don’t you drop those trifles and walk inside here with me?
Hospes respondit, Zacynthi ficos fieri non malas.
Charinus: The guest replied that the figs of Zacynthus are not bad.
Nil mentitust.
Eutychus: He has lied in nothing.
Sed de amica se indaudivisse autumat,
Charinus: But about my mistress, he says he heard a rumor,
hic Athenis esse.
Charinus: that she is here in Athens.
Calchas iste quidem Zacynthiust.
Eutychus: That Zacynthian is indeed a Calchas.
Navem conscendo, proficiscor ilico. iam sum domi,
Charinus: I board a ship, I set out on the spot. Already I am at home,
iam redii ex exilio. salve, mi sodalis Eutyche:
Charinus: already I have returned from exile. Greetings, my comrade Eutychus!
ut valuisti? quid parentes mei? valent mater pater?
Charinus: How have you been? How are my parents? Are my mother and father well?
bene vocas, benigne dicis: cras apud te, nunc domi.
Charinus: You invite me well, you speak kindly: tomorrow at your house, now at home.
sic decet, sic fieri oportet.
Charinus: So it is fitting, so it ought to be done.
†Eloque ni somnias.
Eutychus: Speak out, unless you are dreaming.
hic homo non sanust.
Eutychus: This man is not sane.
Medicari amicus quin properas mihi?
Charinus: My friend, why don’t you hurry to cure me?
Sequere sis.
Eutychus: Follow, please.
Sequor.
Charinus: I follow.
Clementer quaeso, calces deteris.
Charinus: Gently, please, you are treading on my heels.
audin tu?
Charinus: Do you hear?
Iam dudum audivi.
Eutychus: I have heard for some time now.
Pacem componi volo
Charinus: I wish peace to be made
meo patri cum matre: nam nunc est irata—
Charinus: for my father with my mother; for now she is angry—
I modo.
Eutychus: Just go.
Propter istanc.
Charinus: On account of that girl.
I modo.
Eutychus: Just go.
Ergo cura.
Charinus: Therefore take care of it.
Quin tu ergo i modo.
Eutychus: Why don’t you then just go.
tam propitiam reddam, quam quom propitiast Iuno Iovi.—
Eutychus: I will make her as propitious as Juno is to Jupiter when she is propitious.—
Quasi tu numquam quicquam adsimile húius facti feceris.7
Demipho: As if you had never done anything similar to this deed.
Edepol numquam; cavi ne quid facerem. vix vivo miser.
Lysimachus: By Pollux, never; I took care not to do anything. Miserable, I am barely alive.
nam mea uxor propter illam tota in fermento iacet.
Lysimachus: for my wife, on account of her, lies all in a ferment.
At ego expurigationem habebo, ut ne suscenseat.
Demipho: But I will have an excuse, so that she may not be angry.
Sequere me. sed exeuntem filium video meum.
Lysimachus: Follow me. But I see my son coming out.
Ad patrem ibo, ut matris iram sibi esse sedatam sciat.
Eutychus: I will go to my father, so that he may know that my mother’s anger towards him has been appeased.
iam redeo.
Eutychus: I will return now.
Placet principium. quid agis? quid fit, Eutyche?
Lysimachus: The beginning pleases. How are you doing? What is happening, Eutychus?
Optima opportunitate ambo advenistis.
Eutychus: You have both arrived at the best opportunity.
Quid rei est?
Demipho: What is the matter?
Vxor tíbi placida ét placatast. cette dextras nunciam.
Eutychus: Your wife is peaceful and appeased towards you. Give your right hands now.
Di me servant.
Lysimachus: The gods preserve me.
Tibi amicam ésse nullam nuntio.
Eutychus: To you, I announce that you have no mistress.
Di te perdant. quid negotist nam, quaeso, istuc?
Demipho: May the gods destroy you! What business is that, pray tell?
Eloquar.
Eutychus: I will speak.
animum advortite igitur ambo.
Eutychus: Therefore turn your attention, both of you.
Quin tibi ambo operam damus.
Lysimachus and Demipho: Why, we are both giving our attention to you.
Qui bono sunt genere nati, si sunt ingenio malo,
Eutychus: Those who are born of a good family, if they are of a bad character,
- 913itiner
Archaic Latin accusative form of the neuter noun iter (variant of classical iter).
- 915quin
Formed from the archaic ablative/instrumental quī and the negative ne, introducing a question expressing urgency or complaint, meaning "why... not?".
- 918bOperae non est
An impersonal expression using the genitive of opera (effort, leisure), meaning "it is not worth the trouble" or "there is no leisure". Here it means "it is not convenient".
- 920stultior, qui isti credam
The comparative stultior is followed by a relative clause of cause with the subjunctive (credam), meaning "I am more foolish for believing him".
- 923quia scortum sibi / ob oculos adduxerit
The subjunctive adduxerit is used in the quia clause to express the reason as the mother's allegation or thought (reported reason), rather than Eutychus's own objective statement of fact.
- 932bquin... conicitis
The conjunction quin with the second person plural indicative (conicitis) expresses a strong command or exhortation ("why don't you throw yourselves" = "throw yourselves!").
- 957Quasi tu numquam quicquam adsimile húius facti feceris
The conjunction quasi introduces a conditional clause of comparison ("as if"), taking the subjunctive (feceris).