164 to 170 ← 171 to 189 → 190 to 211
171 Pars magna Italiae est, si verum admittimus, in qua
172 nemo togam sumit nisi mortuus. ipsa dierum
173 festorum herboso colitur si quando theatro
- si quando = siquando adv. if ever, if at any time
174 maiestas tandemque redit ad pulpita notum
175 exodium, cum personae pallentis hiatum
176 in gremio matris formidat rusticus infans,
177 aequales habitus illic similesque videbis
178 orchestram et populum; clari velamen honoris
179 sufficiunt tunicae summis aedilibus albae.
180 hic ultra vires habitus nitor, hic aliquid plus
- vires from vis; vir is 2dc
181 quam satis est interdum aliena sumitur arca.
182 commune id vitium est: hic vivimus ambitiosa
183 paupertate omnes. quid te moror? omnia Romae
184 cum pretio. quid das, ut Cossum aliquando salutes,
185 ut te respiciat clauso Veiento labello?
186 ille metit barbam, crinem hic deponit amati;
187 plena domus libis venalibus: accipe et istud
- plenus a um + abl = filled with, plenus a um + gen = full of; basically the same thing
188 fermentum tibi habe. praestare tributa clientes
189 cogimur et cultis augere peculia servis.
There is a great part of Italy, if we grant the truth, in which
no one takes up the toga, except if he is dead. Even
the dignity of festive days was, if ever, in the grassy theatre, honoured,
and at last the well-known after-play returned to the stage,
when the cleft (mouth) of a pale mask
is feared by a rural infant in the lap of its mother,
over there, you will see they are equal and similar of appearance,
the orchestra (municipal senate) and the people; as a robe of distinguished honour,
white tunics are sufficient for the highest aediles.
Here splendor of appearance is beyond potency, here something is more
than sufficient, occasionally borrowed from someone else's money-chest.
It is the universal flaw: we all live in this pretentious place
in poverty. Why do I delay/amuse you? Everything in Rome
is with a price. What do you give, when you greet Cossus at some time,
so that xe considers you with the Veientine lip closed?
That person cuts the beard of a loved-one, he puts the hair here;
the house is filled with cake for sale: take (it) and
keep that yeast for yourself. We clients gather to present gifts
and increase the property for well-dressed slaves.