Saturday, September 14, 2024

 

Expressions of Dislike

Plautus, Casina 727 (Olympio to Lysidamus; tr. Wolfgang de Melo):
Faugh, faugh! It stinks when you speak.

fy fy! foetet tuos mi sermo.
Id. 730-733:
O Zeus!
Can't you leave me,
unless you want me
to vomit today?

ὦ Ζεῦ,
potin a med abeas,
nisi me vis
vomere hodie?



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