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{ 2008 10 08 }

A pox on parasites.

Plautus (Captivi 4.4):

DÄÄ“s|pÄtÄ“r | tÄ“ dÄ«|qu(e), Ä’rgÄƒsÄ|lÄ•, pÄ“r|dÄnt Ä“t | vÄ“ntrÄ“m | tÅÅ«m,
pÄƒrÄƒsÄ«|tÅsqu(e) Åm|nÄ«s, Ä“t | quÄ« pÅs|thÄc cÄ“|nÄm pÄƒrÄƒ|sÄ«tÄ«s | dÄƒbÄ«t.

May Jupiter and the gods destroy you and your belly, Ergasilusâ€”and all freeloadersâ€”and whoever from now on offers dinner to freeloaders!

I think I’ve gotten the hang of scanning these Plautine lines.Â This one had stumped me before, and I’m not sure why.

[For tuus venter, not yet posted.]

Posted by Muke on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, at 10:25 pm. Filed under Latin. Tagged 2nd century BC, iambic octonarius, Plautus, scansion, translation. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.

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