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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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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi0134.phi006.humanitext-lat2:199-258
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- Humanitext Reader · reader.humanitext.ai · 2026-10-27
Fearing huge losses regarding his voyage to Cyprus, Sannio considers compromising, while Syrus pressures him by offering a ten-minae settlement. Sannio begs to retrieve at least the cost price, and Ctesipho enters expressing deep gratitude to his brother.
Homini misero plus quingentos colaphos infregit mihi.
On miserable me he inflicted more than five hundred blows.
Ob malefacta haec tantidem emtam postulat sibi tradier.1
In return for these bad deeds, he demands that she, bought for just as much, be handed over to him.
Verum enim, quando bene promeruit, fiat: suum ius postulat.
But indeed, since he has deserved so well, let it be done: he demands his right.
Age iam cupio, si modo argentum reddat. Sed ego hoc hariolor;
Come now, I desire it, if only he would return the money. But I am divining this;
Ubi me dixero dare tanti, testes faciet ilico
as soon as I say I will give her at that price, he will immediately make witnesses
Vendidisse me: de argento somnium: mox; "Cras redi."
that I have sold her: as for the money, it’s a dream: soon it will be, “Come back tomorrow.”
Id quoque possum ferre si modo reddat; quanquam iniurium est.
Even that I can bear, if only he pays; although it is unjust.
Verum cogito id quod res est: quando eum quaestum occeperis,
But I consider that which is the fact: when you have undertaken that trade,
Accipienda et mussitanda iniuria adolescentium est.2
the injury of young men must be accepted and silently borne.
Sed nemo dabit: frustra has egomet mecum rationes puto.
But no one will give it: in vain do I compute these reckonings with myself.
Tace, egomet conveniam iam ipsum: cupide accipiat faxo; atque etiam
Hush! I will meet the man myself now: I’ll make him accept it eagerly; and even
Bene dicat secum esse actum. Quid istuc, Sannio, est quod te audio
say that he has been well treated. Sannio, what is this that I hear you
Nescio quid concertasse cum hero?
have been disputing somewhat with my master?
Nunquam vidi iniquius
I have never seen a more unfair
Certationem comparatam quam haec hodie inter nos fuit:
contest arranged than this which was between us today:
Ego vapulando, ille verberando, usque ambo defessi sumus.
I with being beaten, he with beating, until we both were tired out.
Tua culpa.
Your fault.
Quid agerem?
What was I to do?
Adolescenti morem gestum oportuit.
You ought to have humored the young man.
Qui potui melius qui hodie usque os praebui?
How could I do better, who all day long offered my face to be beaten?
Age, scis quid loquar?
Come, do you know what I say?
Pecuniam in loco negligere maximum interdum est lucrum.
To disregard money on the proper occasion is sometimes the greatest gain.
Hui!
Bah!
Metuisti; si nunc de tuo iure concessisses paululum, atque
You were afraid; if you had now yielded a little of your right, and
Adolescenti esses morigeratus, hominum homo stultissime,
had humored the young man, o most foolish of men,
Ne non tibi istuc foeneraret?3
lest that should not bring you interest in the end?
Ego spem pretio non emo.
I do not buy hope with money.
Nunquam rem facies: abi: nescis inescare homines, Sannio.
You will never make a fortune: go away: you do not know how to bait men, Sannio.
Credo istuc melius esse: verum ego nunquam adeo astutus fui
I believe that is better: but I have never been so clever
Quin quicquid possem mallem auferre potius in praesentia.4
but that I would rather carry off whatever I could at the present moment.
Age; novi tuum animum; quasi iam usquam tibi sint viginti minae,
Come; I know your mind; as if twenty minae were anything to you,
Dum huic obsequare. Praeterea autem te aiunt proficisci Cyprum.
as long as you humor him. But besides they say you are setting out for Cyprus.
Hem!
Ah!
Coëmisse hinc quae illuc veheres multa; navem conductam; hoc, scio,
That you have bought many things here to carry there; that a ship has been hired; of this, I know,
Animus tibi pendet. Ubi illinc, spero, redieris tamen hoc ages.
your mind is in suspense. However, when you return from there, I hope, you will attend to this.
Nusquam pedem. Perii hercle; hac illi spe hoc inceperunt.
Not a step anywhere. By Hercules, I am ruined; they began this with this hope.
Timet:
He is afraid:
Inieci scrupulum homini.
I have thrown an anxiety into the man.
O scelera! illud vide
O the crimes! look at that,
Ut in ipso articulo oppressit. Emtae mulieres
how he has caught me at the very critical moment. Several women have been bought,
Complures; et item hinc alia quae porto Cyprum.
and likewise other things from here which I am carrying to Cyprus.
Nisi eo ad mercatum venio, damnum maximum est.
Unless I come to the market there, it is the greatest loss.
Nunc si hoc omitto actum agam; ubi illinc rediero
Now if I leave this, it will be a done thing; when I return from there,
Nihil est; refrixerit res. "Nunc demum venis?
it is nothing; the matter will have grown cold. “Are you coming only now?
Cur passus? ubi eras?" Ut sit satius perdere
Why did you allow it? Where were you?” So that it is better to lose it
Quam aut hic nunc manere tam diu, aut tum persequi.
than either to remain here now so long, or to prosecute then.
Iamne enumerasti id quod ad te rediturum putes?
Have you now calculated what you think will return to you?
Hocine illo dignum est? hocine incipere Aeschinum?
Is this worthy of him? Is this for Aeschinus to begin?
Per oppressionem ut hanc mihi eripere postulet?
That he should demand to snatch her from me by oppression?
Labascit. Unum hoc habeo: vide si satis placet:
He wavers. I have this one proposal: see if it pleases you enough:
Potius quam venias in periculum, Sannio,
rather than you should run into danger, Sannio,
Servesne an perdas totum, dividuum face:5
whether you keep or lose the whole, make it divided:
Minas decem conradet alicunde.
he will scrape together ten minae from somewhere.
Hei mihi,
Woe to me,
Etiam de sorte nunc venio in dubium miser?
am I now, miserable one, in doubt even about the principal?
Pudet nihil: omnes dentes labefecit mihi:
He is ashamed of nothing: he has loosened all my teeth:
Praeterea colaphis tuber est totum caput.
besides, my whole head is a swelling from blows.
Etiam insuper defrudat? nusquam abeo.
Does he even defraud me on top of that? I am going nowhere.
Ut lubet.
As you please.
Numquid vis quin abeam?
Do you want anything before I go?
Immo hercle hoc quaeso, Syre;
Nay, by Hercules, I beg this, Syrus;
Ut ut haec sunt acta, potius quam lites sequar,
however these things have been done, rather than I pursue lawsuits,
Meum mihi reddatur; saltem quanti emta est, Syre.
let my own be returned to me; at least for how much she was bought, Syrus.
Scio te non usum antehac amicitia mea:
I know you have not made use of my friendship before this:
Memorem me dices esse et gratum.
you will say that I am mindful and grateful.
Sedulo
Diligently
Faciam: sed Ctesiphonem video: laetus est
I will do it: but I see Ctesipho: he is joyful
De amica.
about his mistress.
Quid quod te oro?
What about what I beg of you?
Paulisper mane.
Wait a little while.
Abs quivis homine, cum est opus, beneficium accipere gaudeas:
From any man, when there is need, you would rejoice to receive a benefit:
Verum enimvero id demum iuvat, si, quem aequum est facere, is bene facit.
but indeed that is ultimately pleasing, if he, whom it is right to do so, does well.
O frater frater, quid ego nunc te laudem? Satis certo scio;
O brother, brother, how shall I praise you now? I know for certain enough;
Nunquam ita magnifice quicquam dicam id virtus quin superet tua.6
I shall never say anything so magnificently but that your virtue will surpass it.
Itaque unam hanc rem me habere praeter alios praecipuam arbitror,
Therefore I think I have this one thing preeminent beyond others,
- 200tantidem emtam postulat sibi tradier
tantidem is a genitive of price meaning 'at the same price (at which she was bought)'. emtam (perfect participle accusative feminine of emere) refers to the omitted mulierem and acts as the subject accusative of the archaic present passive infinitive tradier (= tradi).
- 207Accipienda et mussitanda iniuria adolescentium est
iniuria is the subject, and accipienda... est is a gerundive construction expressing necessity. adolescentium is a subjective genitive, interpreted as 'the injury inflicted by young men'.
- 219Ne non tibi istuc foeneraret
ne non introduces a noun clause following the verb of fearing metuisti, meaning 'lest it should not'. foeneraret is the imperfect subjunctive of foenero ('to bring in interest, pay off').
- 222Quin quicquid possem mallem auferre potius in praesentia
quin functions after the negative expression non adeo astutus fui to introduce a result-like clause, meaning 'but that I would rather...'. mallem is the imperfect subjunctive of malo.
- 241Servesne an perdas totum, dividuum face
Servesne an perdas is an alternative subjunctive functioning as a conditional clause ('whether you keep or lose the whole'). face is an archaic form of the imperative fac (from facere).
- 257id virtus quin superet tua
quin is used after the negative main clause (Nunquam ita magnifice quicquam dicam) to introduce the subjunctive superet, indicating that no matter how magnificently he speaks, his brother's virtue will always surpass it.
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