- Source
- Terence. Publii Terentii Comoediae Sex. Parry, Edward St. John, editor. London: Whittaker and Co.; George Bell, 1857.
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- AI-generated (gemini-3.5-flash) — machine translation; may contain errors
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi0134.phi004.humanitext-lat2:1001b-1055c
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-27
Phormio exposes Chremes's bigamy to Nausistrata, who fiercely rebukes her husband, decides to leave the final decision to her son Phaedria, and invites Phormio to dinner to conclude the play.
Eho tu, factum est abs te sedulo
Phormio: “Aha, you have acted indeed diligently
Pro fratre.
for your brother.”
Mi vir, non mihi narras?
Nausistrata: “My husband, do you not tell me?”
At—
Chremes: “But—“
Quid, "at?"
Nausistrata: “What, ‘but’?”
Non opus est dicto.
Chremes: “There is no need of speaking.”
Tibi quidem: at scito huic opus est.
Phormio: “For you indeed; but know that there is need for her.”
In Lemno—
”In Lemnos—“
Hem, quid ais?
Chremes: “Ah, what are you saying?”
Non taces?
Demipho: “Will you not be silent?”
clam te—
Phormio: “secretly from you—“
Hei mihi.
Chremes: “Woe to me.”
Uxorem duxit.
Phormio: “he married a wife.”
Mi homo, Di melius duint.
Nausistrata: “My good man, may the gods grant better things.”
Sic factum est.
Phormio: “So it was done.”
Perii misera.
Nausistrata: “I am ruined, miserable woman.”
Et inde filiam
Phormio: “And from her
Suscepit iam unam, dum tu dormis.
a daughter he has already begotten, while you were sleeping.”
Quid agimus?
Chremes: “What do we do?”
Pro Di immortales, facinus indignum, et malum.
Nausistrata: “O immortal gods, a shameful and wicked deed!”
Hoc actum est.
Phormio: “This business is finished.”
An quicquam hodie est factum indignius?
Nausistrata: “Has anything more shameful been done today?”
Qui mihi ubi ad uxores ventum est tum fiunt senes.
”Who, when they come to their wives, then become old men.”
Demipho, te appello; nam me cum hoc ipso distaedet loqui.
”Demipho, I appeal to you; for it wearies me to speak with this very man.”
Haecine erant itiones crebrae, et mansiones diutinae
”Were these those frequent journeys, and long stays
Lemni? haecine erat ea quae nostros fructus minuebat vilitas?
in Lemnos? Was this that cheapness which was diminishing our profits?”
Ego, Nausistrata, esse in hac re culpam meritam non nego;
Demipho: “I, Nausistrata, do not deny that there is deserved blame in this matter;”
Sed ea quin sit ignoscenda.1
”but it is not such as should not be forgiven.”
Verba fiunt mortuo.
Phormio: “Words are spoken to a dead man.”
Nam neque negligentia tua, neque odio id fecit tuo.
Demipho: “For neither from neglect of you, nor from hatred of you did he do this.”
Vinolentus fere abhinc annos quindecim mulierculam
”Drunk, about fifteen years ago, a poor young woman
Eam compressit, unde haec nata est: neque postilla unquam attigit.
he violated, from whom this girl was born; nor after that did he ever touch her.”
Ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit, qui fuit in re hac serupulus.2
”She died, departed from the world, which was the obstacle in this matter.”
Quamobrem te oro, ut alia facta tua sunt, aequo animo hoc feras.
”Therefore I pray you, as your other deeds are, that you bear this with an even mind.”
Quid ego aequo animo? Cupio misera in hac re iam defungier.
Nausistrata: “Why should I with an even mind? I desire, miserable woman, to be rid of this matter now.”
Sed quid sperem? aetate porro minus peccaturum putem?
”But what should I hope? Should I think that in future age he will sin less?”
Iam tum erat senex, senectus si verecundos facit.
”He was already an old man then, if old age makes men respectful.”
An mea forma atque aetas nunc magis expetenda est, Demipho?
”Is my beauty and age now more to be desired, Demipho?”
Quid mihi nunc affers quamobrem exspectem aut sperem porro non fore?
”What do you bring to me now why I should expect or hope that in future it will not be?”
Exsequias Chremeti quibus est commodum ire3 hem tempus est.
Phormio: “For those who find it convenient to go to the funeral of Chremes, ah, it is time.”
Sic dabo: age nunc, age, Phormionem qui volet lacessito.
”Thus I will pay them: come now, come, let anyone who wishes challenge Phormio.”
Faxo tali eum mactatum4 atque hic est infortunio.
”I will make him afflicted with such misfortune as this man is.”
Redeat sane in gratiam: iam supplici satis est mihi:
”Let him indeed return into favor; now I have enough of vengeance;”
Habet haec ei quod dum vivat usque ad aurem ogganniat.
”this lady has something that she may snarl in his ear as long as he lives.”
At meo merito, credo: quid ego nunc commemorem, Demipho,
Nausistrata: “But by my desert, I suppose; why should I now mention, Demipho,
Singulatim qualis ego in hunc fuerim?
one by one, how I have been toward this man?”
Novi aeque omnia
Demipho: “I know all things equally
Tecum.
with you.”
Meritone hoc meo videtur factum?
Nausistrata: “Does this seem done by my desert?”
Minime gentium;
Demipho: “Least of all;”
Verum, quando iam accusando fieri infectum non potest,
”but, since by accusing it cannot now be made undone,”
Ignosce: orat; confitetur; purgat: quid vis amplius?
”forgive him: he begs, he confesses, he clears himself; what more do you want?”
Enimvero prius quam haec dat veniam, mihi prospiciam et Phaedriae.
Phormio: “But indeed, before she gives pardon, I will look out for myself and Phaedria.”
Heus, Nausistrata, prius quam huic respondes temere, audi.
”Ho, Nausistrata, before you answer him rashly, listen.”
Quid est?
Nausistrata: “What is it?”
Ego minas triginta per fallaciam ab illo abstuli;
Phormio: “I took away thirty minae from him by a trick;”
Eas dedi tuo gnato; is pro sua amica lenoni dedit.
”I gave them to your son; he gave them to a pimp for his mistress.”
Hem, quid ais?
Chremes: “Ah, what do you say?”
Adeone hoc indignum tibi videtur, filius
Phormio: “Does this seem so shameful to you, if your son,
Homo adolescens si habet unam amicam, tu uxores duas?
a young man, has one mistress, while you have two wives?”
Nihil pudere! Quo ore illum obiurgabis? responde mihi.
”No shame at all! With what face will you reprove him? Answer me.”
Faciet ut voles.
Demipho: “He will do as you wish.”
Immo, ut meam iam scias sententiam,
Nausistrata: “Nay, that you may now know my decision,
Neque ego ignosco neque promitto quicquam; neque respondeo,
I neither forgive nor promise anything, nor do I answer,
Prius quam gnatum video: eius iudicio permitto omnia;
before I see my son: to his judgment I permit everything;”
Quod is iubebit, faciam.
”what he commands, I will do.”
Mulier sapiens es, Nausistrata.
Phormio: “You are a wise woman, Nausistrata.”
Satin tibi est?
Nausistrata: “Is it enough for you?”
Immo vero pulchre discedo et probe,
Phormio: “Nay, indeed, I depart beautifully and well,
Et praeter spem.
and beyond hope.”
Tu tuum nomen dic quod est.
Nausistrata: “You, tell your name, what it is.”
Mihin? Phormio:
Phormio: “To me? Phormio;”
Vestrae familiae hercle amicus, et tuo summus Phaedriae.
”by Hercules, a friend of your family, and most intimate to your Phaedria.”
Phormio, at ego ecastor posthac tibi quod potero et quae voles
Nausistrata: “Phormio, indeed by Castor, hereafter what I can and what you wish
Faciamque et dicam.
I will both do and say for you.”
Benigne dicis.
Phormio: “You speak kindly.”
Pol meritum est tuum.
Nausistrata: “By Pollux, it is your desert.”
Vin primum hodie facere quod ego gaudeam, Nausistrata,
Phormio: “Do you wish today first to do what may make me glad, Nausistrata,
Et quod tuo viro oculi doleant?
and what may make your husband’s eyes ache?”
Cupio.
Nausistrata: “I desire it.”
Me ad coenam voca.
Phormio: “Invite me to dinner.”
Pol vero voco.
Nausistrata: “By Pollux indeed, I invite you.”
Eamus intro hinc.
Demipho: “Let us go inside from here.”
Fiat: sed ubi est Phaedria,
Nausistrata: “Let it be done; but where is Phaedria,
Iudex noster?
our judge?”
Iam hic faxo aderit.5
Phormio: “I will make him be here presently.”
Vos valete et plaudite.
”Farewell, and give us your applause.”
- 1015Sed ea quin sit ignoscenda
Following the preceding negative statement, the clause with quin and the subjunctive sit functions as a double negative meaning "but it is not such as should not be forgiven" (i.e., it ought to be forgiven).
- 1019qui fuit in re hac serupulus
The relative pronoun qui refers back to the entire preceding fact that the woman died and departed. scrupulus (spelled serupulus in the text) means "obstacle" or "uneasiness," functioning as a parenthetical relative clause meaning "which indeed was the source of anxiety in this matter (but is no longer so)."
- 1026Exsequias Chremeti quibus est commodum ire
The phrase utilizes the accusative of direction exsequias with ire (meaning "to go to a funeral"), combined with the dative Chremeti ("for Chremes"). This is Phormio's sarcastic proclamation, mockingly implying that Chremes is now socially and domestically dead.
- 1028Faxo tali eum mactatum
The verb faxo (an archaic future or perfect subjunctive form serving as a strong future "I will see to it / I will make sure") governs an accusative and infinitive construction, with esse or iri understood after mactatum. tali... atque means "such as" and correlates with atque hic est [infortunio] ("as this man is afflicted with").
- 1055bfaxo aderit
The verb faxo (acting parenthetically or as a primary verb meaning "I will guarantee/make sure") directly governs the future indicative aderit ("he will be present") without a coordinating conjunction. This paratactic construction is highly characteristic of early Latin comedy.
Translated by Gemini 3.5 Flash (published 2026-05-22) · Revision history (1, latest 2026-09-22)
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