§571dés quantumvis, nusquam apparet, neque datori neque acceptrici.
Give as much as you will, it appears nowhere, neither to the giver nor to the receiver.
§572velut haéc meretrix meum erúm miserum sua blánditia §573paene íntulit in paupériem: §574privábit bonís, luce, honóre atque amícis.
just as this courtesan with her flattery has almost brought my wretched master into poverty: she will deprive him of his goods, of light, of honor, and of friends.
§575áttat, eccam adest propinque.
Ah, look, she is nearby.
credo audisse haec me loqui.
I believe she heard me speaking these things.
§576pallida est, ut peperit puerum.
She is pale, as she has just given birth to a child.
ádloquar quasi nesciam.
I will address her as if I did not know.
§577iubeo vos salvere.
I bid you all greeting.
§577bNoster Cyame, quid agis? ut vales?
Our Cyamus, what are you doing? How are you?
§578Valeo, et venio ad minus valentem, et melius qui valeat fero.
I am well, and I come to one who is less well, and I bring that which may make her feel better.
§579erus meús, ocellus tuos, ád te ferre me haec iussit tibi §580dona quae vides íllos ferre, et has quinque argenti minas.
My master, your darling, ordered me to bring to you these gifts which you see those men carrying, and these five minae of silver.
§581Pol haúd perit quod illum tántum amo.
By Pollux, my loving him so much is certainly not lost.
§582Iússit oráre, ut haec gráta haberés tibi.
He ordered me to entreat you to accept these as welcome to you.
§583Grata ácceptaque ecastór habeo.
By Castor, I hold them as welcome and accepted.
iube vása auferri intro, i Cyame.
Order the vessels to be carried inside; go, Cyamus.
§584Écquid audítis, haec quaé iam Cyamo ímperat?
Do you hear at all what she is now commanding Cyamus?
§585Vása nolo aúferant: désiccarí iube.
I don't want them to carry away the vessels: order them to be dried.
§586Ímpudens mecástor, Cyame, es.
By Castor, Cyamus, you are impudent.
§586bÉgone?
Who, me?
§586cTu.
You.
§586dBoná fide?
In good faith?
§587tune ais me ímpudentem esse, ipsa quae sis stabulum flagiti?
Do you say that I am impudent, you who are yourself the very stable of wickedness?
§588Díc, amabó te, ubi est Díniarchús?
Tell me, please, where is Diniarchus?
§588bDomi.
At home.
§589Díc ob haec dóna, quae ad mé hodie míserit, §590me íllum amare plurimum ómnium hominum merito, §591méque honorem ílli habere ómnium máxumum, §592átque ut huc véniat ad me óbsecrare.
Tell him, because of these gifts which he sent to me today, that I love him the most of all men, as he deserves, and that I hold him in the greatest honor of all, and entreat him to come here to me.
§592bÍlicet.
I will go.
§593séd quisnam illic homóst, qui ipsus se cómest, tristis, oculís malis?
But who is that man there, who is devouring himself, gloomy, with evil eyes?
By Hercules, he is a wretched man in his mind, whoever he is.
§595bDignúst mecastor.
By Castor, he deserves it.
néquam est.
He is worthless.
non nosti, óbsecro,
Don't you know, please, the soldier who was here with me?
§596militem, hic apud me quí erat? huius pater pueri illic est.
That is the father of this child.
I continually drove him off, pushed him away, ordered him to depart; and yet he remained: he listens, he observes what I am doing.
§598bNovi hóminem nihili.
I know the worthless fellow.
§599íllicinest?
Is that he?
§599bÍllic est.
It is he.
He is looking at me groaning; he has drawn a sigh from the depths of his belly.
Look at this, he gnashes his teeth, he strikes his thigh; Tell me, is he some soothsayer, that he beats himself?
§603Nunc égo meos animos víolentos meamque íram ex pectore iám promam.
Now I shall bring forth my violent spirits and my anger from my breast.
§604_605loquere: únde es? cuius es? cúr ausu's mi inclémenter dicére?
Speak: where are you from? Whose man are you? Why did you dare to speak harshly to me?
§604_605bLubitumst.
It pleased me.
§606Istúcine mihi respóndes?
Is that how you answer me?
§606bHoc.
Just so.
non égo te flocci fácio.
I don't care a straw for you.
§607Quid tú? cur ausa es álium te dicére amare hominem?
What about you? Why did you dare to say that you love another man?
§607bLúbitumst.
It pleased me.
§608Ain tándem? istuc primum éxperiar.
Do you say so, indeed? I will test that first.
tun tántilli doní causa, §609_610holerum átque escarum et póscarum, moechúm malacum, cincínnatum, §611umbráticulum, tympánotribam amás, hominem non nauci?
Is it for the sake of such a tiny gift, of vegetables and food and sour drinks, that you love a soft, curly-haired adulterer, a stay-at-home, a tambourine-beater, a man of no worth?
§611bQuae haéc res?
What is this business?
§612meone, ímprobe tu, male dícere ero audés, fons viti et peiúri?
Do you dare, you scoundrel, to speak ill of my master, you fountain of vice and perjury?
§613Verbum únum adde istoc: iam hércle ego te hic hac óffatim confíciam.
Add one single word to that: by Hercules, I will hack you to pieces here on the spot with this.
§614Tangé modo, iám ego te hic agnum faciam ét medium distrúncabo.
Just touch me: I will make a lamb of you here and cut you in two.
§615si tu ín legione béllator clues, át ego in culina clúeo.
If you are famous as a warrior in the legion, I am famous in the kitchen.
§616Si aequóm facias, advéntores meos nón incuses, quórum §617mihi dóna accepta et gráta habeo, tuaque íngrata, quae abs te áccepi.
If you were to do what is right, you would not accuse my visitors, whose gifts I hold welcome and accepted, whereas yours, which I received from you, are unwelcome.
§618Tum pól ego et donis prívatus sum et périi.
Then, by Pollux, I am both deprived of my gifts and ruined.
§618bPlane istúc est.
That is clearly so.
§619Quíd nunc ergo hic ódiosu's, confessus omnino reus?
Why then are you now being annoying here, a completely confessed guilty party?
§620Périi hercle hodie, nísi hunc a te abigo.
By Hercules, I am ruined today, unless I drive this fellow away from you.
§620bÁccede huc modo, adi húc modo.
Just come here, just approach.
§621Étiam, scelus virí, minitare? quém ego iam iam cóncipilabo.
Do you still threaten me, you scoundrel of a man? Whom I will tear to pieces right now.
§622quíd tibi huc ventio est? quíd tibi hanc áditio est?
What business have you coming here? What business have you approaching her?
§623quid tibi hanc notio est, inquam, amicam meam?
What business have you, I say, getting to know my mistress?
§624emoriere ocius, ni manu viceris.
You shall die very quickly, unless you win by force of hand.
§625Quid, manu vicerim?
What, me win by force of hand?
§625bFac quod iussi, mane.
Do what I ordered, wait.
§626iam égo te hic offatím conficiam, síc occidi te óptumum est.
I will hack you to pieces here on the spot; thus it is best for you to be killed.
§627Cáptiost: istám machaeram lóngiorem habes quam haéc est.
That's a trap: you have a sword that is longer than this one.
§628séd verum me sine dum petere: siquidem belligerandum est tecum,
But let me go and get one: since I must wage war with you,