Sunday, September 15, 2024

 

A Day Full of Laughter

Plautus, Casina 857-858 (Myrrhina speaking; tr. Wolfgang de Melo):
I've never, on any day, laughed as much,
nor do I think I will laugh more during all the rest of my life.

numquam ecastor ullo die risi adaeque,
neque hoc quod relicuom est plus risuram opinor.
Wolfgang de Melo didn't translate the interjection ecastor (used only by women, see Aulus Gellius 11.6). Paul Nixon rendered it as "oh dear". Literally "by Castor".

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 6:53 AM


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