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Geminos filios in ventre.

Plautus, Curculio: GÄ•mÄ­nōs | Ä«n vÄ“n|tre hăbÄ“|rÄ• vÄ­dÄ•|ōr fÄ«|lĭōs. I look like I’m pregnant with twins. No comment.

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2011 12 14 Muke Latin Comments (0)

Haven't done one of these in a while.

Plautus (Mostellaria, 490–5). ―Ăĭt vÄ“|nÄ«ss(e) Ä«l|l(um) Ä«n sōm|nÄ«s ād | sÄ“ mōr|tŭōm. ―NÄ“mp(e) er|g(o) Ä«n sōm|nÄ«s? ―Ĭtă. |SÄ“d āus|cÅ«ltā | mŏdŏ. Ä‚Ä­t Ä«l|l(um) hōc pāc|tō sÄ­bÄ­ | dÄ«xÄ«s|sÄ• mōr|tŭōm. ―Īn sōm|nÄ«s? ―MÄ«|rÅ«m quÄ«n | vÄ­gÄ­lān|tÄ« dÄ«|cÄ•rÄ“t, qu(i) ăbhÄ«nc | sÄ“xā|gÄ«nt(a) ān|nōs ōc|cÄ«sÅ«s | fŏrÄ“t. ĪntÄ“r|d(um) Ä­nÄ“p|tÄ“ stÅ«l|tÅ­s Ä“s. | QuÄ«n tÅ« | tăcÄ“s? “He said a […]

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2008 10 06 Muke Latin Comments (0)

Scanning Plautus

Plautus (Casina 39-42): Īs sÄ“r|vōs, sÄ•d ăb|hÄ«nc ān|nōs fāc|t(um) Ä“st sÄ“|dÄ•cÄ«m, quōm cōn|spÄ­cā|tÅ«st prÄ«|mÅ­lō | crÄ•pÅ«s|cÅ­lō pÅ­Ä“l|l(am) Ä“xpō|nÄ«, ădÄ­t | Ä“xtÄ“m|pl(o) ād mÅ­lÄ­|Ä•rÄ“m, qu(æ) Ä«ll(am) Ä“x|pōnÄ“|bāt: ō|rāt, Å­t Ä•|ām dÄ“t | sÄ­bÄ­ This servant—now, this happened sixteen years ago, when he managed to see a little girl being abandoned, at first light—immediately went up to […]

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2008 08 08 Muke Latin Comments (0)