Amph.
Num tibi aut stultitia accessit aut superat superbia?
Are you obsessed
by some foolish notion, or is this pride
running away with
you?
Alc.
Qui istuc in mentemst tibi ex me, mi vir, percontarier? 710
What makes it
enter your head to ask me such a question, my
husband?
Amph.
Quia salutare advenientem me solebas antidhac,
appellare, itidem ut pudicae suos viros
quae sunt solent.
eo more expertem te factam adveniens offendi
domi.
Because till to-day
you used to welcome me on my arrival
and greet me as
modest wives generally do their husbands.
Yet here I come
home to find you have dropped the habit.
Alc.
Ecastor equidem te certo heri advenientem
ilico,
et salutavi et valuissesne usque exquisivi
simul,
mi vir, et manum prehendi et osculum tetuli
tibi.
Why mercy me, when you came home yesterday I certainly did welcome you the moment you appeared, and asked you in the same breath if you had been well all the time, and seized your hand and gave you a kiss.
Sos.
Tun heri hunc salutavisti?
Welcomed him yesterday, did you?
Alc.
Et te quoque etiam, Sosia.
Yes, and you, too, Sosia.
Sos.
Amphitruo, speravi ego istam tibi parituram
filium;
verum non est puero gravida.
Sir, I hoped she
was going to bear you a son; but it’s no
child she’s
got.
Amph.
Quid igitur?
What, then?
Sos.
Insania.
A crazy streak.
Alc.
Equidem sana sum et deos quaeso, ut salva
pariam filium. 720
verum tu malum magnum habebis, si his
suom officium facit:
ob istuc omen, ominator, capies quod te
condecet.
(angrily) Indeed I have not, and I pray heaven I may safely bear a son. But you, sir, shall have an ample supply of aches and pains, if your master here does his duty! You shall be well rewarded for that omen, Sir Omener.
Sos.
Enim vero praegnati oportet et malum et
malum dari,
ut quod obrodat sit, animo si male esse
occeperit.
Really now, ma’am, it’s a lady in your condition ought to have aches and pains, yes, and an apple supply, too, so as to have something to chew on in case she gets to feeling seedy.
Amph.
Tu me heri hic vidisti?
You saw me here yesterday?
Alc.
Ego, inquam, si vis decies dicere.
Yes, I,—if you must be told ten times over.
Amph.
In somnis fortasse?