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Cicero (New York, United States) (search for this): act 2, scene 4
t idlers pared their nails in the shops to Rome.; he collected all the parings, and carried them off. ANTHRAX I' faith, you do describe a miserably stingy wretch. LYCONIDES But do you think that he does live so very stingily and wretchedly? STROBILUS A kite, the other day, carried off his morsel of food; the fellow went crying to the PrætorTo the Prœtor: The "Prætor" was a magistrate at Rome, who administered justice, and ranked next to the Consuls. There were eight Prætors in the time of Cicero. Two of them were employed in adjudicating "in causis privatis," "disputes concerning private property." One of these was called "Prætor urbanus," or "the city Prætor," who administered justice when the parties were "cives," or possessed the rights of Roman citizenship. The other was called "Prætor peregrinus," or "the foreigners' Prætor," who administered justice when both the litigating parties, or only one of them, were "peregrini," or "foreigners," and had not the right of Roman citizen
Thornton (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): act 2, scene 4
men, that his property has gone, and that he is ruined root and branch, if the smoke by chance escapes out of doors through the rafters of his house. Why, when he goes to sleep, he ties a bagHe ties a bag: He probably intends to hint here that Euclio sleeps with his purse (which consisted of a "follis," or "leathern bag") tied round his throat, but implies that he not only wishes thereby to save his money, but his breath as well, by having the mouth of the bag so near to his own. Although Thornton thinks that the suggestion of Lambinus that "follem obstringit" means, "he ties up the nozzle of the bellows," is forced and far-fetched, it is far from improbable that that is the meaning of the passage. It may possibly mean that he ties the bellows to his throat. beneath his gullet. ANTHRAX Why so? STROBILUS That when he sleeps, he may lose no breath. ANTHRAX And does he stop up the lower part of his windpipePart of his windpipe: An indelicate remark is here made, which has been obvia
Athens (Greece) (search for this): act 2, scene 4
artly because the Consuls, on account of the many wars in which the Romans were engaged, could no longer administer justice; partly that the Patricians might thereby have a compensation for admitting the Plebeians to a share in the Consulate. At first there was only one Prætor; Sylla made their number six; Julius Cæsar eight; and Augustus increased them to sixteen. It will not escape observation, that Plautus, as usual, mentions a Roman officer in a Play, the scene of which is supposed to be Athens.; there, weeping and lamenting, he began to request that he might be allowed to compel the kite to give bail. There are innumerable other things that I could mention, if I had the leisure. But which of you two is the sharper? Tell me. LYCONIDES I--as being much the better one. STROBILUS A cook I ask for, not a thiefNot a thief: Because "celer," "sharp" or "nimble," would especially apply to the requisite qualifications for an expert thief.. LYCONIDES As a cook, I mean. STROBILUS to ANTHRA
Horace (Ohio, United States) (search for this): act 2, scene 4
both a sum of money and a weight. The great talent here mentioned, was the Attic talent of sixty minæ, or six thousand drachmæ. might be begged of this old fellow for him to give us, through which we might become free? STROBILUS By my troth, if you were to ask it, he would never let you have the loan of hunger. Why, the other day, the barber had cut his nailsHad cut his nails: From this passage we learn that barbers were in the habit of paring the nails of their customers; in the Epistles of Horace, B. 1, Ep. 7, l. 50, we are informed that idlers pared their nails in the shops to Rome.; he collected all the parings, and carried them off. ANTHRAX I' faith, you do describe a miserably stingy wretch. LYCONIDES But do you think that he does live so very stingily and wretchedly? STROBILUS A kite, the other day, carried off his morsel of food; the fellow went crying to the PrætorTo the Prœtor: The "Prætor" was a magistrate at Rome, who administered justice, and ranked next to the Consuls.
the "toga prætexta," or "magisterial robe," sat on the "sella curulis," and were preceded by six lictors. Their duties lasted for a year, after which they went as governors to such provinces as had no army, which were assigned to them by lot. There they administered justice in the same way as they had done as Prætors at Rome, and were called by the name of "Proprætores;" though, as such governors, they were also sometimes called "Prætores." The office of Prætor was first instituted at Rome A.U.C. 388, partly because the Consuls, on account of the many wars in which the Romans were engaged, could no longer administer justice; partly that the Patricians might thereby have a compensation for admitting the Plebeians to a share in the Consulate. At first there was only one Prætor; Sylla made their number six; Julius Cæsar eight; and Augustus increased them to sixteen. It will not escape observation, that Plautus, as usual, mentions a Roman officer in a Play, the scene of which is supposed t