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- Terence. Publii Terentii Comoediae Sex. Parry, Edward St. John, editor. London: Whittaker and Co.; George Bell, 1857.
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-27
Chremes becomes certain that Phanium is his own daughter and tries to hide this fact from his wife, Nausistrata. Meanwhile, Demipho, unaware of the truth, brings Nausistrata to persuade Phanium, but is thoroughly confused by Chremes' mysterious behavior and his claim that she is their relative.
Nunc quid opus facto sit vide. Pater adolescentis venit;
Chremes: “Now see what needs to be done. The young man’s father is coming;”
Eumque animo iniquo hoc oppido ferre aiunt.
”and they say he is bearing this very hard indeed.”
Nihil pericli est.
Sophrona: “There is no danger.”
Sed per Deos atque homines, meam esse hanc cave resciscat quisquam.
Chremes: “But, by the gods and men, take care that no one finds out that she is my daughter.”
Nemo ex me scibit.
Sophrona: “No one will know from me.”
Sequere me: intus caetera audies.
Chremes: “Follow me: you will hear the rest inside.”
Nostrapte culpa facimus ut malis expediat esse,
Demipho: “It is by our own fault that we make it profitable for wicked people to be wicked,”
Dum nimium dici nos bonos studemus et benignos.
”while we strive too much to be called good and kind.”
Ita fugias ne praeter casam, quod aiunt. Nonne id sat erat,
”’Flee in such a way as not to go past the cottage’, as they say. Was it not enough”
Accipere ab illo iniuriam? etiam argentum est ultro obiectum,
”to receive an injury from him? Even money has been thrown to him besides,”
Ut sit qui vivat dum aliud aliquid flagiti conficiat.
”so that he may have something to live on while he commits some other outrage.”
Planissime.
Geta: “Most clearly.”
His nunc praemium est qui recta prava faciunt.
Demipho: “Now there is a reward for those who make right things wrong.”
Verissime.
Geta: “Most truly.”
Ut stultissime quidem illi rem gesserimus.
Demipho: “How very foolishly indeed we have managed the business with him!”
Modo ut hoc consilio possiet discedi ut istam ducat.
Geta: “If only we can come off with this plan, that he marries her.”
Etiamne id dubium est?
Demipho: “Is that even doubtful?”
Haud scio hercle, ut homo est, an mutet animum.
Geta: “By Hercules, knowing the man as he is, I don’t know whether he might change his mind.”
Hem, mutet autem?
Demipho: “What, change his mind?”
Nescio: verum "si forte" dico.
Geta: “I don’t know: but I say ‘just in case’.”
Ita faciam, ut frater censuit, ut uxorem huc eius adducam,
Demipho: “I will do as my brother advised, to bring his wife here,”
Cum ista ut loquatur: tu, Geta, abi prae; nuntia hanc venturam.
”to speak with her: you, Geta, go ahead; announce that she is coming.”
Argentum inventum est Phaedriae: de iurgio siletur.
Geta: “The money has been found for Phaedria; there is silence about the lawsuit.”
Provisum est ne in praesentia haec hinc abeat: quid nunc porro?
”Provision has been made that she does not leave here for the present: what now further?”
Quid fict? in eodem luto haesitas: versura solves,1
”What will happen? You are stuck in the same mud: you will pay debt with a new loan,”
Geta. Praesens quod fuerat malum in diem abiit: plagae crescunt,
”Geta. The trouble that was present has been postponed for a day: the blows are growing,”
Nisi prospicis. Nunc hinc domum ibo, ac Phanium edocebo
”unless you look out. Now I will go home from here, and instruct Phanium”
Ne quid vereatur Phormionem aut eius orationem.
”not to fear Phormio or his talk.”
Agedum, ut soles, Nausistrata, fac illa ut placetur nobis;
Demipho: “Come now, Nausistrata, as is your custom, see that she is reconciled to us;”
Ut sua voluntate id quod est faciendum faciat.
”so that she may do by her own choice what must be done.”
Faciam.
Nausistrata: “I will do so.”
Pariter nunc opera me adiuvas ac re dudum opitulata es.
Demipho: “You are helping me now with your trouble, just as you assisted me with your money lately.”
Factum volo; at pol minus queo viri culpa quam me dignum est.
Nausistrata: “I wish it done; but by Pollux, through my husband’s fault I can do less than is worthy of me.”
Quid autem?
Demipho: “Why so?”
Quia pol mei patris bene parta indiligenter
Nausistrata: “Because, by Pollux, he carelessly looks after the well-acquired estate of my father;”
Tutatur; nam ex his praediis talenta argenti bina
”for from these estates he used to receive two talents of silver”
Statim2 capiebat. Vir viro quid praestat!
”regularly. How one man excels another!”
Binan quaeso?
Demipho: “Two talents, pray?”
Ac rebus vilioribus multo, tamen talenta bina.
Nausistrata: “And when things were much cheaper, still, two talents.”
Hui.
Demipho: “Wow!”
Quid haec videntur?
Nausistrata: “How does this seem to you?”
Scilicet.
Demipho: “Indeed.”
Virum me natum vellem:
Nausistrata: “I wish I had been born a man:”
Ego ostenderem—
”I would have shown—“
Certo scio.
Demipho: “I know for sure.”
quo pacto—
Nausistrata: “—in what way—“
Parce, sodes,
Demipho: “Spare us, please,”
Ut possis cum illa; ne te adolescens mulier defatiget.
”so that you may have strength for her; lest the young woman exhaust you.”
Faciam ut iubes: sed meum virum abs te exire video.
Nausistrata: “I will do as you bid: but I see my husband coming out from your house.”
Hem, Demipho,
Chremes: “Ah, Demipho,”
Iam illi datum est argentum?
”has the money been given to him already?”
Curavi ilico.
Demipho: “I took care of it immediately.”
Nollem datum.
Chremes: “I wish it had not been given.”
Hei, video uxorem, paene plus quam sat erat.
”Ah, I see my wife, almost more than was convenient.”
Cur nolles, Chreme?
Demipho: “Why would you wish it not given, Chremes?”
Iam recte.
Chremes: “It’s all right now.”
Quid tu? ecquid locutus cum ista es quamobrem hanc ducimus?
Demipho: “What about you? Have you spoken at all with her about why we are marrying her off?”
Transegi.
Chremes: “I have settled it.”
Quid ait tandem?
Demipho: “What did she say at last?”
Abduci non potest.
Chremes: “She cannot be taken away.”
Qui non potest?
Demipho: “How can she not?”
Quia uterque utrique est cordi.3
Chremes: “Because they are dear to each other.”
Quid istuc nostra?4
Demipho: “What does that matter to us?”
Magni: praeter haec,
Chremes: “A great deal: besides this,”
Cognatam comperi esse nobis.
”I have found out that she is related to us.”
Quid? deliras?
Demipho: “What? Are you crazy?”
Sic erit.
Chremes: “It is so.”
Non temere dico: redii mecum in memoriam.
”I don’t say it rashly: I have recalled it to memory.”
Satin sanus es?
Demipho: “Are you quite in your right mind?”
Au, obsecro, cave ne in cognatam pecces.
Nausistrata: “Oh, I pray you, take care not to do wrong to a relative.”
Non est.
Demipho: “She is not.”
Ne nega.
Chremes: “Do not deny it.”
Patris nomen aliud dictum est: hoc tu errasti.
Demipho: “Another name was given for her father: you erred in this.”
Non norat patrem?
Chremes: “Did she not know her father?”
Norat.
Demipho: “She knew him.”
Cur aliud dixit?
Chremes: “Why did she say another name?”
Nunquamne hodie concedes mihi,
”Will you never today yield to me,”
Neque intelliges?
”nor understand?”
Si tu nihil narras—
Demipho: “If you explain nothing—“
Pergis?
Chremes: “Are you persisting?”
Miror quid hoc siet.
Nausistrata: “I wonder what this can be.”
Equidem hercle nescio.
Demipho: “By Hercules, I don’t know indeed.”
Vin scire? At ita me servet Iupiter
Chremes: “Do you want to know? Now, may Jupiter so save me”
Ut propior illi quam ego sum ac tu nemo est.
”as there is no one closer related to her than I am and you are.”
Di vestram fidem!
Nausistrata: “O gods, on your faith!”
Eamus ad ipsam: una omnes nos aut scire aut nescire hoc volo.
Demipho: “Let’s go to her: I want us all to either know or not know this together.”
Ah.
Chremes: “Ah!”
Quid est?
Demipho: “What is it?”
Itan parvam mihi fidem esse apud te?
Chremes: “Is my credibility so small with you?”
Vin me credere?
Demipho: “Do you want me to believe you?”
Vin satis quaesitum mihi istuc esse? Age, fiat: quid? illa filia
Chremes: “Do you want this to be considered sufficiently investigated by me? Come, let it be: what about that daughter”
Amici nostri quid futurum est?
”of our friend, what will become of her?”
Recte.
”All is well.”
Hanc igitur mittimus?
Demipho: “So do we dismiss her?”
Quidni?
Chremes: “Why not?”
Illa maneat?
Demipho: “Should she stay?”
Sic.
Chremes: “Yes.”
Ire igitur tibi licet, Nausistrata.
Demipho: “So you may go, Nausistrata.”
- 780versura solves
A financial idiom meaning "to pay off a debt by contracting a new one" (borrowing from Peter to pay Paul).
- 790statim
Although the adverb statim is commonly used to mean "immediately" in the classical period, it is originally derived from the verb stare (to stand) and here means "constantly", "regularly", or "steadily".
- 800uterque utrique est cordi
A construction using the predicative dative cordi ("to be dear to, to be to one's heart"). The nominative uterque and the dative utrique are paired to mean "each is dear to the other."
- 800bQuid istuc nostra?
An ellipsis of the impersonal verb refert or interest. Since these verbs take the feminine ablative singular of possessive pronouns (mea, tua, nostra, etc.) instead of the genitive to indicate the person concerned, nostra is used here. It means "What does that matter to us?"
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