Menaechmi
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206. ut ratio redditur, 'on your own showing', lit. 'according as the account (i. e. of profit and loss) is given (by you) '.
207. quid uolo : indirect questions in Plautus are as often paratactic (with indie.) as syntactic (with subj.) ; cf. 181, 349, 425, 677, 685. Sometimes the two moods appear together, as Amph. 17 nicnc qiioiius iussu Kenio et quam ob rem uenerim dicam.
scio : she has a general idea of what he wants ; see on 184-5.
209. scitamentorum, ' dainties ' ; from scitus (partic. of... scisio) 135 MENAECHMI in its secondary meaning of ' fine, delicate '. Niemeyer gives 11.
209-12 to Peniculus, as proceeding more naturally from him ; but cf. 100 ipsus escae maxiimae.
210. glandionidam . . . pernonidam: these comic patronymics, formed respectively from glandium (kernel of pork, i. e. a tasty bit from the neck) and perna (ham), are in apposition to the nouns suillam (pork ; cf. agnina, sc. caro) and laridum (fat bacon).
' Pork from Braunston, bacon from Hampton ' is a rough equivalent.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
206. ut ratio redditur, 'on your own showing', lit. 'according as the account (i. e. of profit and loss) is given (by you) '.
207. quid uolo : indirect questions in Plautus are as often paratactic (with indie.) as syntactic (with subj.) ; cf. 181, 349, 425, 677, 685. Sometimes the two moods appear together, as Amph. 17 nicnc qiioiius iussu Kenio et quam ob rem uenerim dicam.
scio : she has a general idea of what he wants ; see on 184-5.
209. scitamentorum, ' dainties ' ; from scitus (partic. of... scisio) 135 MENAECHMI in its secondary meaning of ' fine, delicate '. Niemeyer gives 11.
209-12 to Peniculus, as proceeding more naturally from him ; but cf. 100 ipsus escae maxiimae.
210. glandionidam . . . pernonidam: these comic patronymics, formed respectively from glandium (kernel of pork, i. e. a tasty bit from the neck) and perna (ham), are in apposition to the nouns suillam (pork ; cf. agnina, sc. caro) and laridum (fat bacon).
' Pork from Braunston, bacon from Hampton ' is a rough equivalent.
What to read after Menaechmi?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Plautus, Titus Maccius to read onlineMoreLess
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