Ergasilus' Dinner Promise and the Captives Granted Privacy

Notes

1. §149numquam istuc dixis neque animum induxis tuom — An archaic prohibition (negative command) addressed to the second person using perfect subjunctives (dixis = dixeris, induxis = induxeris). This represents an older form typical of early Latin, where later classical prose would favor ne with the perfect subjunctive.
2. §160opus est Pistorensibus — The impersonal construction opus est with the ablative ("there is need of"). Here Pistorensibus refers to soldiers from Pistoria, while punning on pistor ("baker"). Similar wordplay on place-names and food items continues with Placentinis (from Placentia / placenta "cake"), Turdetanis (Turdetani / turdus "thrush"), and Ficedulensibus (from Ficedulae / ficedula "figpecker").
3. §168reconciliassere — An archaic future active infinitive (equivalent to classical reconciliaturum esse). It functions as the object of the verb confido in an accusative and infinitive construction, with me as its subject.
4. §181quasi fundum vendam, meis me addicam legibus — A comparative clause introduced by quasi ("as if") with the present subjunctive vendam. The verb addicam is a legal term meaning "to adjudge" or "deliver over" in an auction context. The phrase meis legibus ("on my own terms") is in the ablative. Ergasilus describes himself as knocking himself down to Hegio.
5. §200indigna digna habenda sunt, erus quae facit — The clause erus quae facit is a relative clause whose antecedent is implicit or coreferential with the adjectives. The verb habenda sunt is a gerundive construction expressing necessity or obligation. It means: "The things which a master does (quae erus facit), even if unjust (indigna), must be considered just (digna)."