| Dulcitius. |
producite (has feminas) quas: relative pronoun (antecedent is the object of producite) vocasti = vocavisti |
| where are the woman being held prisoner? | |
| Dulcitius. papae! quam pulchrae, quam venustae, quam egregiae puellulae! milites. perfecte decorae. Dulcitius. captus sum illarum specie. milites. credibile. |
papae: this is an exclamation of joy or pleasure (it is originally a Greek phrase: babae! or in a longer form: bombax babae!) quam: in the sense of "how" perfecte: adverb |
| what reaction does Dulcitius experience when he sees the women? | |
| Dulcitius. exaestuo illas ad mei amorem trahere. milites. diffidimus te praevalere. Dulcitius. quare? milites. quia stabiles fide. |
illas: accusative (object of trahere) te praevalere: indirect
statement (introduced by diffidimus) quia stabiles (sunt) fide |
| why do the soldiers think that Dulcitius will be disappointed? | |
| Dulcitius. quid si suadeam blandimentis? milites. contempnunt. Dulcitius. quid, si terream suppliciis? milites. parvi pendunt. Dulcitius. et quid fiet? milites. praecogita. |
quid si: like the English expression "what if..." suadeam...terream: subjunctive (with if) contempnunt = contemnunt parvi: genitive of price or value (like the English expression "OF little worth") fiet: fio is used as the passive of facio, facere (quid fiet: what is to be done?) |
| what strategies does Dulcitius think he will use in seducing the women? | |
| Dulcitius. ponite illas in custodiam in interiorem officinae aedem, in cuius proaulio ministrorum servantur vasa. milites. ut quid eo loci? Dulcitius. quo a me saepiuscule possint visitari. milites. ut iubes. |
aedem: s.v. aedes vasa: neuter plural (vasum in the sense of "vessels", i.e. pots and pans) ut quid = quare; quamobrem saepiuscule: comparative adverb in diminutive form (ut)...possint: ut + subjunctive a me: personal agent with passive verb (visitari) ut iubes: this is "ut" in the sense of "so; as" |
| why does Dulcitius order that the women be kept in the storage room next to the kitchen (instead of in jail, where they were before)? |
