Section 1C Latin to English

Question 1

(Eucliō ex aedibus in scaenam intrat clāmatque)

Answer 1

(Euclio (coming) out of the house enters [onto] the stage and shouts.)

Question 2

EVC.: “exī ex aedibus! exī statim!

Answer 2

EUCLIO: “Come out of the house! Come out at once!

Question 3

“cūr nōn exīs, serua mea?”

Answer 3

“Why do you not come out of the house, my slave woman?

Question 4

STAPH. (ex aedibus exit et in scaenam intrat)

Answer 4

STAPHYLA (She comes out of the house and enters [onto] the stage.)

Question 5

“quid est, mī domine?

Answer 5

“What is it, my master?

Question 6

“quid facis?

Answer 6

“What are you doing?

Question 7

“quārē mē ex aedibus expellis?

Answer 7

“Why do you drive me out of the house?

Question 8

“serua tua sum.

Answer 8

“I am your slave (woman).

Question 9

“quārē mē uerberās, domine?”

Answer 9

“Why are you beating me, master?”

Question 10

EVC. “tacē! tē uerberō quod mala es, Staphyla.”

Answer 10

EUCLIO.: “Be silent! I am beating you because your are bad, Staphyla.”

Question 11

STAPH. “egone mala?

Answer 11

STAPHYLA: Am I bad, master?”

Question 12

“cūr mala sum?

Answer 12

“Why am I bad?

Question 13

“misera sum, sed nōn mala, domine.

Answer 13

“I am unhappy, but not bad, master.

Question 14

(sēcum cōgitat) sed tū īnsānus es!”

Answer 14

(she thinks to [with] herself) “But you are crazy.

Question 15

EVC. “tacē! exī statim!

Answer 15

EUCLIO: “Be silent! Come out at once!

Question 16

“abī etiam nunc . . . etiam nunc . . . ohē!

Answer 16

“Go away further still … further still … stop!

Question 17

“stā! manē!”

Answer 17

“Stand (there)! Wait!”

Question 18

(Eucliō sēcum cōgitat)

Answer 18

(Euclio thinks to [with] himself.)

Question 19

“periī! occidī!

Answer 19

“I’m lost! I’m done for!

Question 20

“ut mala mea serua est!

Answer 20

“How bad is my slave!

Question 21

“nam oculōs in occipitiō habet.

Answer 21

“For she has eyes in the back of (her) head.

Question 22

“ut thēsaurus meus mē miserum semper uexat!

Answer 22

“How the treasure always trouble me, wretched (as I am).

Question 23

“ut thēsaurus multās cūrās dat!”

Answer 23

“How the gives many worries!”

Question 24

(clāmat iterum)

Answer 24

(He shouts again.)

Question 25

“manē istīc!

Answer 25

“Wait there!

Question 26

“tē moneō, Staphyla!

Answer 26

“I’m warning you, Staphyla!”

Question 27

STAPH. “hīc maneō ego, mī domine.

Answer 27

STAPH.: “I (myself) am staying here, my master.

Question 28

“tū tamen quō īs?”

Answer 28

“You, however, where are you going?”

Question 29

EVC. “ego in aedīs meās redeō (sēcum cōgitat) et thēsaurum meum clam uideō.

Answer 29

EUC. “I (myself) am returning [in]to my house (he thinks to [with] himself) and I look at my my treasure secretly.

Question 30

“nam fūrēs semper in aedīs hominum dīuitum ineunt. . .”

Answer 30

“For thieves always enter into the houses of rich people …”

Question 31

(Eucliō ē scaenā abit et in aedīs redit.)

Answer 31

(Euclio leaves [from] the stage and returns [in]to (his) house.)

Question 32

STAPH. “ō mē miseram! dominus meus īnsānus est.

Answer 32

STAPH. “O wretched me! My master is crazy.

Question 33

“per noctem numquam dormit, sed peruigilat.

Answer 33

“He never sleeps by night, but stays awake.

Question 34

“per diem mē ex aedibus semper expellit.

Answer 34

“By day he always drives me out of the house.

Question 35

“quid in animō habet?

Answer 35

“What does he have in mind?

Question 36

“quārē senex tam īnsānus est?”

Answer 36

“Why is the old man so crazy?”

Question 37

(Eucliō tandem ex aedibus exit et in scaenam redit.)

Answer 37

(At length Euclio leaves [from] (his) house and returns to the stage.)

Question 38

EVC. (sēcum cōgitat) “dī mē seruant!

Answer 38

EUC. (He thinks to [with] himself) “The gods preserve me!

Question 39

“thēsaurus meus saluus est!

Answer 39

“My treasure is safe!

Question 40

(clāmat) “nunc, Staphyla, audī et operam dā!

Answer 40

(he shouts) “Now, Staphyla, hear (me) and pay attention!

Question 41

“ego tē moneō.

Answer 41

“I am warning you.

Question 42

“abī intrō et iānuam occlūde.

Answer 42

“Go [away] inside and shut the door.

Question 43

“nam ego nunc ad praetōrem abeō – pauper enim sum.

Answer 43

“For I am going [away] now to the praetor—for I am a poor man.

Question 44

“sī uidēs arāneam, arāneam seruā.

Answer 44

“If you see a cobweb, look after the cobweb.

Question 45

“mea enim arānea est.

Answer 45

“For the cobweb is mine.

Question 46

“sī uīcīnus adit et ignem rogat, ignem statim exstingue.

Answer 46

“If a neighbor approaches and asks (for) fire, immediately extinguish the fire.

Question 47

“sī uīcīnī adeunt et aquam rogant, respondē ‘aquam numquam in aedibus habeō.’

Answer 47

“If the neighbors approach and ask (for) water, answer ‘I never have water in the house.’

Question 48

“sī uīcīnus adit et cultrum rogat, statim respondē ‘cultrum fūrēs habent.’

Answer 48

“If a neighbor approaches and asks (for) a knife, immediately answer ‘thieves have the knife.’

Question 49

“sī Bona Fortūna ad aedīs it, prohibē!”

Answer 49

“If Good Luck comes to the house, stop (her)!”

Question 50

STAPH. “Bona Fortūna numquam ad tuās aedīs adit, domine.”

Answer 50

STAPH. “Good Luck never comes to your house, master.”

Question 51

EVC. “tacē, serua, et abī statim intrō.”

Answer 51

EUC. “Be quiet, slave (woman), and go [away] inside at once.”

Question 52

STAPH. “taceō et statim abeō.”

Answer 52

STAPH. “I am silent and I am leaving at once.”

Question 53

(Staphyla abit et sēcum murmurat)

Answer 53

(Staphyla departs and mutters to [with] herself.)

Question 54

“ō mē miseram! ut Phaedra, fīlia Eucliōnis, mē sollicitat!

Answer 54

“O wretched me!s How Phaedra, Euclio’s daughter, worries me!

Question 55

“nam grauida est Phaedra ē Lycōnidē, uīcīnō Eucliōnis.

Answer 55

“For she is pregnant by [from] Lyconides, Euclio’s neighbor.

Question 56

“senex tamen ignōrat, et ego taceō, neque cōnsilium habeō.”

Answer 56

“The old man, however, does not know, and I am silent, and I also do not [neither do I] have a plan.”

Question 57

(exit ē scaenā Staphyla)

Answer 57

(Staphyla goes [out] from the stage.)

Question 58

<p><span>(Euclio now describes how, albeit reluctantly, he is going to the forum to collect his praetor’ s free hand-out – to allay suspicions that he is wealthy)</span></p>

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<p>EVC. “nunc ad praetōrem abeō, nimis hercle inuītus.</p>

Answer 58

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<p>EUC. “Now I am going [away] to the praetor, (all) too unwilling, by Hercules.</p>

Question 59

“nam praetor hodiē pecūniam in uirōs dīuidit.

Answer 59

“For today the praetor is dividing money among the men.

Question 60

“sī ad forum nōn eō, uīcīnī meī ‘hem!’ inquiunt, ‘nōs ad forum īmus, Eucliō ad forum nōn it, sed domī manet.

Answer 60

“If I do not go to forum, my neighbors say ‘Well, we [ourselves] are going to the forum, (but) Euclio doesn’t go to forum, but remains home.

Question 61

“‘aurum igitur domī senex habet!’

Answer 61

“‘Therefore the old man has gold at home!’

Question 62

“nam nunc cēlō thēsaurum sēdulō, sed uīcīnī meī semper adeunt, cōnsistunt, …

Answer 62

“For now I am carefully hiding the treasure, but my neighbors are always approaching, (and) they stand around, …

Question 63

… ‘ut ualēs, Eucliō ?’ inquiunt, ‘quid agis ?’

Answer 63

“… (and) ‘How are you, Euclio,’ they say, ‘what are you up to?’

Question 64

“mē miserum! ut cūrās thēsaurus meus dat multās!”

Answer 64

“Wretched me! How my treasure gives cares in great number [many cares]!”