§1Heús, adulescens.
Hey there, young man.
§1bQuís properantem mé reprehendit pállio?
Who is holding me back by my cloak when I'm in a hurry?
§2Familiaris.
A close friend.
§2bFateor, nam odio es nimium familiariter.
I admit it, for you are annoyingly familiar.
§3Réspice vero, Thésprio.
Look back, Thesprio.
§5Satis recte oculis uteris.
You are using your eyes well enough.
§6Salve.
Greetings.
§6bDi dent quae velis.
May the gods grant what you wish.
§7veníre salvom gaudeo.
I am glad you have arrived safe.
§7bQuid ceterum?
What else?
What is customary on such occasions: a dinner will be given to you.
§8bSpondeo.
I promise.
§8cQuid?
What?
§8dMe accepturum, si dabis.
That I will accept it, if you give it.
§9Quid tú agis? ut vales? exemplum adesse intellego.
How are you doing? How is your health? I see a perfect specimen here.
euge, §10córpulentior videre atque habitior.
Well, well, you seem stouter and in better condition.
§10bHuic gratia.
Thanks to this.
§12Mínus iam furtificus sum quam antehac.
I am less of a petty thief now than before.
§12bQuid ita?
How so?
§12cRapio propalam.
I plunder openly.
§13Di immortales te infelicent, ut tu es gradibus grandibus.
May the immortal gods curse you, what giant strides you take.
For as soon as I spotted you at the harbor, I began to follow you on the run: I barely had the power to catch up with you just now.
§15bScurra es.
You are a jester.
§16bAudacter quam vis dicito.
Say that as boldly as you please.
§17quid ais? perpetuen valuisti?
Tell me, have you been in constant good health?
§17bVarie.
Variously.
Those who are "variously" well, I don't care for that goat-like or panther-like breed of men.
§19Quid tíbi vis dicam nisi quod est? ut illaé res? responde.
What do you want me to tell you except what is? How are those matters? Answer.
§19bProbe.
Splendidly.
§20Quid erílis noster filius?
What about our master's son?
§20bValet púgilice atque athletice.
He is in robust health, like a boxer or an athlete.
§21Voluptábilem mihi nuntium tuo advéntu adportas, Thesprio.
You bring me delightful news with your arrival, Thesprio.
§22sed ubíst is?
But where is he?
§22bAdvenit simul.
He arrived at the same time.
Where is he then? Unless you've brought him in a suitcase or inside a leather bag.
§23bDi te perdant.
May the gods destroy you.
I want to— question you: pay attention, and attention will be paid to you.
§25Ius dícis.
You speak justly.
§25bMe decet.
It becomes me.
§25cIam tu autem nobis praeturam geris?
But are you now acting as praetor over us?
§26Quem díces digniorem esse hominem hódie Athenis alterum?
Whom will you say is another more worthy man in Athens today?
But one thing from your praetorship, Epidicus, is missing.
§27bQuidnam?
What is that?
You shall know: two lictors, and two elm-wood rods.
§28bVae tibi.
Plague on you.
§29sed quíd ais?
But what do you say?
§29bQuid rogas?
What do you ask?
§29cVbi árma sunt Stratíppocli?
Where are the arms of Stratippocles?
§30Pól illa ad hostis transfugerunt.
By Pollux, they have deserted to the enemy.
§30bArmane?
The arms?
§30cAtque equidem cito.
And indeed very quickly.
§30aSérione dicis tu?
Are you speaking in earnest?
§31aSério, inquam: hostes habent.
In earnest, I say: the enemy has them.
§32Édepol facinus improbum.
By Pollux, a shameful deed.
§32bAt iam ante alii fecerunt idem.
But others have already done the same thing before.
§33erit illi illa res honori.
That matter will be an honor to him.
§33bQui?
How?
§33cQuia ante aliis fuit.
Because it was so to others before.
I believe Mulciber made the arms which Stratippocles had: they flew away to the enemy.
Then let that son of Thetis lose them: the daughters of Nereus will bring him others.
§37id módo videndum est, ut materies suppetat scutariis, §38si in singulis stipendiis is ad hostis exuvias dabit.
Only we must see to it that material is supplied to the shield-makers, if he is going to give spoils to the enemy at every single campaign.
§39Supersede istis rebus iam.
Cease talking about those things now.
§39bTu ipse, ubi lubet, finem face.
Do you yourself make an end of it when you please.
§40Desiste percontarier.
Cease questioning me.
§40bLoquere ipse: ubist Stratippocles?
Speak yourself then: where is Stratippocles?
§41Est causa qua causa simul mecum ire veritust.
There is a reason why he was afraid to come along with me.
§41bQuidnam id est?
What on earth is it?
§42Patrem videre se nevolt etiam nunc.
He doesn't want to see his father even now.
§42bQuapropter?
For what reason?
§42cScies.
You shall know.
Because a young captive girl of charming and noble appearance he has purchased from the booty.
§44bQuid ego ex te audio?
What am I hearing from you?
§44cHoc quod fabulor.
This that I am telling you.
§45Cúr eam emit?
Why did he buy her?
§45bAnimi causa.
For the sake of his whim.
§45cQuót illic homo animos habet?
How many hearts does that man have?
§46nam cérto, prius quam hinc ád legionem abiít domo, §47ipsús mandavit mi, áb lenone ut fídicina, §48quam amábat, emeretúr sibi.
For certainly, before he left home from here for the army, he himself commissioned me to purchase from the pimp a music-girl, whom he loved, for him.
id ei ímpetratum réddidi.
I have fulfilled that request for him.
§49Vtcúmque in alto ventust, Epidice, exim velum vortitur.
Whichever way the wind blows on the deep sea, Epidicus, the sail is turned accordingly.
§50Vaé misero mihí, male perdidit me.
Alas, wretched me! He has utterly ruined me.
§50bQuíd istuc? quidnam est?
What is that? What on earth is it?
§51Quid istanc quam emit, quanti eam emit?
As for this girl he bought, how much did he buy her for?
§51bVili.
For a cheap price.
§51cHaud istuc te rogo.
I'm not asking you that.
§52Quid ígitur?
What then?
§52bQuot minis?
How many minae?
§52cTot: quadraginta minis.
Just so many: forty minae.
§53íd adeo argentum ab danista apud Thébas sumpsit faenore, §54in dies minasque argenti singulas nummis.
Moreover, he borrowed that money on interest from a money-lender at Thebes, at the rate of a silver coin per day for each single mina of silver.
§54bPapae.
Heavens!
§55Ét is danista advenit una cúm eo, qui argentum petit.
And that money-lender has arrived along with him, demanding the money.
§56Di immortales, ut ego interii basilice.
Immortal gods, how royally ruined I am!
§57bPerdidit me.
He has ruined me.
§57cQuís?
Who?
§57dIlle qui arma pérdidit.
He who lost his arms.
§58Nam quíd ita?
Why, how so?
Because he himself used to send me letters every day from the army— but it is best to be silent.
§60plus scire satiust quam loqui servom hominem.
It is better for a slave to know more than he speaks.
ea sapientia est.
That is wisdom.