- 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.phi005.humanitext-lat2:310-367
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-27
Upon returning, Pamphilus is distressed to hear of his wife's sudden illness and the cries from inside the house, and rushes in. After a conversation between Sostrata and Parmeno, Pamphilus emerges in tears and confusion, sends his mother inside, and begins a monologue about the shocking truth he discovered.
Pueri inter sese quam pro levibus noxiis iras gerunt!
What angers do children bear among themselves for such light faults!
Quapropter? quia enim qui eos gubernat animus1 infirmum gerunt.
Why? Because the mind that governs them is weak.
Itidem illae mulieres sunt ferme ut pueri levi sententia.
In the same way, those women are almost like children, of a fickle mind.
Fortasse unum aliquod verbum inter eas iram hanc concivisse.2
Perhaps some single word has stirred up this anger between them.
Abi, Parmeno, intro ac me venisse nuntia.
Go, Parmeno, inside, and announce that I have arrived.
Hem, quid hoc est?
Ah, what is this?
Tace.
Silence.
Trepidari sentio et cursari3 rursum prorsum.
I perceive a bustle and running to and fro.
Agedum ad fores
Come, to the door
Accede propius. Hem, sensistin?
Step closer. Ah, did you perceive it?
Noli fabularier.
Do not talk.
Pro Iupiter! clamorem audivi.
By Jupiter! I heard a cry.
Tute loqueris, me vetas.
You speak yourself, yet you forbid me.
Tace obsecro mea gnata.
Be silent, I pray, my daughter.
Matris vox visa est Philumenae.
It seemed to be the voice of Philumena’s mother.
Nullus sum.
I am undone.
Quidum?
How so?
Perii!
I am lost!
Quamobrem?
Why?
Nescio quod magnum malum
Some great misfortune,
Profecto, Parmeno, me celas.
surely, Parmeno, you are concealing from me.
Uxorem Philumenam
That my wife Philumena
Pavitare nescio quid dixerunt: id si forte est nescio.
is trembling with some fear, they said; whether that happens to be the case, I know not.
Interii. Cur mihi id non dixti?
I am dead. Why did you not tell me that?
Quia non poteram una omnia.
Because I could not do all things at once.
Quid morbi est?
What kind of illness is it?
Nescio.
I do not know.
Quid? nemon medicum adduxit?
What? Did no one bring a doctor?
Nescio.
I do not know.
Cesso hinc ire intro, ut hoc quam primum quicquid est certum sciam?
Why do I delay to go inside, so that I may know for certain as soon as possible whatever this is?
Quonam modo, Philumena mea, nunc te offendam affectam?
In what state, my Philumena, shall I now find you affected?
Nam si periclum ullum in te inest, perisse me una haud dubium est.
For if there is any danger to you, there is no doubt that I perish along with you.
Non usus facto est mihi4 nunc hunc intro sequi:
There is no need for me now to follow him inside;
Nam invisos omnes nos esse illis sentio.
for I perceive that we are all hated by them.
Heri nemo voluit Sostratam intro admittere.
Yesterday no one wished to admit Sostrata.
Si forte morbus amplior factus siet,
If by chance the illness should become more severe,
Quod sane nolim, maxime heri causa mei,
which indeed I would not wish, especially for my master’s sake,
Servum ilico introisse dicent Sostratae;
they will say immediately that Sostrata’s servant entered;
Aliquid tulisse comminiscentur mali
they will devise that he brought some evil
Capiti atque aetati illorum, morbus qui auctus siet.
to their lives and safety, which caused the illness to increase.
Hera in crimen veniet, ego vero in magnum malum.
My mistress will come into accusation, and I indeed into great trouble.
Nescio quid iamdudum audio hic tumultuari misera:
Wretched me, for some time I have been hearing a noise of confusion here;
Male metuo ne Philumenae magis morbus aggravescat;
I fear greatly lest Philumena’s illness should grow worse;
Quod te Aesculapi, et te Salus, ne quid sit huius oro.
which I pray you, Aesculapius, and you, Salus, that no such thing may happen.
Nunc ad eam visam.
Now I shall go to see her.
Heus, Sostrata.
Hey, Sostrata.
Ehem.
Ah.
Iterum istinc excludere.
You will be shut out from there again.
Ehem, Parmeno, tune hic eras? Perii, quid faciam misera?
Ah, Parmeno, were you here? I am lost, what shall wretched I do?
Non visam uxorem Pamphili, cum in proximo hic sit aegra?
Shall I not visit the wife of Pamphilus, when she is ill here close by?
Non visas? ne mittas quidem visendi causa quemquam:
Not visit? Do not even send anyone for the sake of visiting;
Nam qui amat cui odio ipsus est5 bis facere stulte duco:
for he who loves one by whom he is hated, I consider to act doubly foolishly:
Laborem inanem ipsus capit, et illi molestiam affert.
he takes useless trouble upon himself, and brings annoyance to the other.
Tum autem filius introiit videre, ut venit, quid agat.
And besides, your son has gone inside to see, now that he has come, how she is doing.
Quid ais? an venit Pamphilus?
What do you say? Has Pamphilus come?
Venit.
He has come.
Dis gratiam habeo.
I give thanks to the gods.
Hem, istoc verbo animus mihi rediit, et cura ex corde excessit.
Ah, with that word my courage has returned, and anxiety has departed from my heart.
Iam ea de causa maxime nunc huc introire nolo:
Now for that very reason especially I do not wish to go inside here;
Nam si remittent quippiam Philumenae dolores,
for if Philumena’s pains abate at all,
Omnem rem narrabit, scio, continuo sola soli
she will tell the whole matter, I know, immediately, alone to him alone,
Quae inter vos intervenit, unde ortum est initium irae.
which happened between you, whence arose the beginning of the anger.
Atque eccum video ipsum egredi: quam tristis est!
And look, I see him coming out: how sad he is!
O mi gnate.
O my son.
Mea mater salve.
My mother, hail.
Gaudeo venisse salvum: salvan
I rejoice that you have come back safe; is Philumena
Philumena est?
safe?
Meliuscula est.
She is a little better.
Utinam istuc ita Di faxint.
Would that the gods might grant it so.
Quid tu igitur lacrimas? aut quid es tam tristis?
Why then do you weep? Or why are you so sad?
Recte, mater.
It is well, mother.
Quid fuit tumulti? dic mihi: an dolor repente invasit?
What was that bustle? Tell me: did pain suddenly seize her?
Ita factum est.
It was so.
Quid morbi est?
What kind of illness is it?
Febris.
A fever.
Quotidiana?
A daily one?
Ita aiunt.
So they say.
I sodes intro; consequar iam te, mea mater.
Go inside, please; I will follow you soon, my mother.
Fiat.
Let it be so.
Tu pueris curre Parmeno obviam, atque eis onera adiuta.
You, Parmeno, run to meet the boys, and help them with the burdens.
Quid? non sciunt ipsi viam domum qua redeant?
What? Do they not know the way by which to return home?
Cessas?
Do you delay?
Nequeo mearum rerum initium ullum invenire idoneum,
I cannot find any suitable beginning of my affairs,
Unde exordiar narrare quae nec opinanti accidunt;
from where to begin to relate what has happened to me unexpectedly;
Partim quae perspexi his oculis, partim quae accepi auribus:
partly what I saw with these eyes, partly what I received with my ears;
Qua me propter exanimatum citius eduxi foras.
for which reason, breathless with fear, I have brought myself out of doors more quickly.
Nam modo me intro ut corripui timidus, alio suspicans
For just now, as I hurried inside in fear, suspecting that I should see my wife affected
Morbo me visurum affectam ac sensi6 esse uxorem; hei mihi!
by another illness than what I perceived it to be; ah me!
Postquam me aspexere ancillae advenisse, ilico omnes simul
As soon as the maidservants saw that I had arrived, immediately they all together...
- 311qui eos gubernat animus
A structure where the antecedent animus is incorporated into the relative clause qui eos gubernat (attraction of the antecedent). In normal word order, it would be animus qui eos gubernat.
- 313unum aliquod verbum inter eas iram hanc concivisse
An accusative with infinitive (AcI) construction with the governing verb of thinking or supposing (such as arbitror) omitted. It expresses the speaker's conjecture, meaning 'Perhaps... has stirred up.'
- 315Trepidari sentio et cursari
Impersonal passive infinitives of the intransitive verbs trepidare (to bustle) and cursare (to run about). They form an accusative with infinitive construction as the object of the verb of perception sentio, meaning 'I perceive that there is bustling and running about.'
- 327Non usus facto est mihi
The construction usus est + ablative ('there is need of'), here using the perfect participle neuter singular facto. The whole phrase means 'there is no need of acting,' with the infinitive clause hunc intro sequi added to specify the action.
- 343cui odio ipsus est
A relative clause where cui is a relative pronoun in the dative, odio is a dative of purpose (or tendency), and ipsus is an archaic form of the nominative ipse. Together they form a double dative construction meaning 'to whom he himself is an object of hatred.'
- 365alio suspicans / Morbo me visurum affectam ac sensi
A complex accusative with infinitive construction using the comparative ac (alio... ac: 'other... than'). The clause ac sensi [esse uxorem] (than what I [actually] perceived [the wife to be]) modifies me visurum [uxorem] affectam [alio morbo] (that I would see [my wife] affected by another illness), which is the object of suspicans (suspecting).