Rapiat is present active subjunctive in a relative clause of characteristic. Ut: here introduces a clause of actual result with the subjunctive.Īny, anyone understand before the nominative plural qui, subject of impetrant.Īchieve, obtain by entreaty, secure (a request) supply me.
Erotium suggestively mingles military and erotic imagery, punning on the double meaning of the word superior, and demonstrating that she is a match for Menaechmus in every way. Rose the flower or as here, a term of endearment.Ĭonquer, overcome, surpass, overtop. Note the chiastic word order: induviae tuae atque uxoris exuviae.
Indutus sies is the perfect passive subjunctive used reflexively, with eius aliquid, the accusative, as the thing put on.Ĭlothes, things taken off spoils (taken from a fallen enemy). Nequis quin + subjunctive ( indutus sies) = you cannot but. Nequis is present active indicative, 2nd person singular (conjugated like the verb eo). Hate, dislike with odi male, Menaechmus subverts the expected ducere volo (“how I wish to make you my wife”).īe unable, cannot. Odi, odisse (perfect used with present meaning) Notice the word order that places husband, wife, and courtesan side by side, syntactically expressing the tension of otium-negotium. Menaechmus uses the phrase as a term of endearment in response to Erotium's anime mi. Sies = sis, present active subjunctive, 2nd person singular of sum, used in an indirect question. Hanc noctem: translate this as accusative of duration of time: throughout. Adiudicato is a future imperative, indicating that the action of the imperative will take place in future time. Menaechmus and Peniculus look forward to a battle with wine cups rather than swords. Tankard a Greek word describing a footed, two-handled, deep cup (click on the SPQR at the end of the line for an example). The form of inventus erit is the future perfect passive indicative. Which (of two) the one that, one or the other the subject of inventus erit.įind, come upon, discover, find out. assign lines 184-188 to Peniculus I follow Fontaine (“The Punctuation and Assignation of Menaechmi 184, 185, 189,” Mnemosyne 55.6, 2002, 735-736) in assigning lines 185-6 to Menaechmus. Menaechmus develops the military imagery, speaking as a general.īattle, conflict comic surprise, as the audience expects to hear prandium (earlier in line 174 Menaechmus claimed: mihi, tibi atque illi iubebo iam adparari prandium).ĭrink unexpected, as pugnabimus should have followed proelium. Peniculus complains that Erotium considers him worthless. Istuc: read istud + - ce, a demonstrative particle that is added to pronouns and adverbs in colloquial speech for emphasis.Īdd-ons enrolled additionally (in the military) it is not certain whether adscripts were substitutes or extras for the drafted men (see Gratwick) or whether they provided services to the army in either case they were considered inferior to the conscripts.īe accustomed to, be used to. Erotium dismisses Peniculus, introducing military imagery that the three characters exploit throughout the scene.
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Quid ego: what (about) me? With this colloquial phrase Peniculus the Parasite, a free citizen, demands that Erotium acknowledge him she ignores him as a freeloader in competition for Menaechmus' resources. With mi (the vocative of meus), Erotium offers endearment, sounds of appreciation and puckered lips to a generous client by way of welcome. Mind, intellect soul heart anime is the vocative of 2nd declension masculine nouns. Notes to Plautus, Menaechmi: Erotium Notes to Plautus, Menaechmi 182-218 animus,
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