(we have skipped a small scene where Dulcitius and the soldiers hear the women singing hymns long into the night) | |
Agapes.
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tueatur: jussive subjunctive |
what noise do the women hear outside the door that scares them? | |
Chionia. quid sibi vult collisio ollarum, caccaborum et sartaginum? Hirena. lustrabo. accedite, quaeso, per rimulas perspicite! |
quid sibi vult ____ : what does ____ mean caccaborum = cacaborum (from the Greek kakkabos, "pot") lustrabo: future tense rimulas: diminutive of rima |
what exactly is the sound that they are hearing? | |
Agapes. quid est? Hirena. ecce, iste stultus, mente alienatus, aestimat se nostris uti amplexibus. |
mente alienatus = alienated from his mind ("out of his mind") se uti: indirect statement (introduced by aestimat) amplexibus: s.v. amplexus |
when they light a lamp, what do they see through a crack in the door? | |
Agapes. quid facit? Hirena. nunc ollas molli fovet gremio, nunc sartagines et caccabos amplectitur, mitia libans oscula. Chionia. ridiculum. |
amplectitur: deponent verb, takes object (sargatines, caccabos) mitia: s.v. mitis (neuter plural accusative, agrees with oscula) oscula: neuter accusative plural ridiculum: note that this is neuter, not masculine (not "he is ridiculous" but "he is a ridiculous thing) |
why is Dulcitius hugging and kissing the pots and pans? | |
Hirena. nam facies, manus ac vestimenta adeo sordidata, adeo coinquinata, ut nigredo, quae inhaesit, similitudinem Aethiopis exprimit. |
sordidata...coinquinata: neuter plural, agrees with nearest noun (vestimenta) nigredo: nominative case (feminine singular, third declension noun) inhaesit: s.v. inhaereo |
what does Dulcitius look like after hugging and kissing the pots and pans? | |
Agapes. decet, ut talis appareat corpore, qualis a diabolo possidetur in mente. |
ut...appareat: ut + subjunctive |
why is it appropriate for Dulcitius to have this physical appearance? | |
Hirena. en, parat regredi. intendamus, quid illo egrediente agant milites pro foribus expectantes. |
en: a verbal interjection, very similar to "ecce!" regredi: infinitive of deponent verb illo egrediente: ablative
absolute |
what are the soldiers doing as Dulcitius leaves the pantry? |