List of Similar Words
Here is a list of words commonly confused in the MSS. of Plautus and other Latin authors:
ab and
ob, e.g.
Mil. 1178.
ab- and
ad-, e.g.
abduco and
adduco,
Pseud. 1155,
1198;
aversus and
adversus, Virg. G. i. 218.
abeo, habeo (passim), and
aveho,
e.g.
Men. 852,
Mil. 938,
Curc. 553.
ac, hac, freq., and
hanc, e.g.
Men. 825.
actus and
acutus, e.g.
Mil. 1397.
ad (see
ab-) and
at.
addit and
adit, freq., e.g.
Most. 107
(
aditur for
additur).
adduc and
adhuc, e.g.
Pseud. 389.
adesse and
ad sc(se), e.g.
Most. 490.
aeque and
atque, e.g.
Mil. 776.
aequus and
equus (passim).
aere and
erae, e.g.
Stich. 361.
agedum and
agendum, e.g.
Merc. 149.
ago and
aio, very freq., e.g.
Merc. 448,
Poen. 346 (see Keller ad
Hor. Epp. i. 7. 22).
aliquod and
aliquot (passim).
alius and
avus, e.g.
Pseud. 633.
allēgo and
all[icaron]go, e.g.
Amph. 674.
amabo and
ambo, e.g.
Cas. 393,
Most. 467,
Poen. 1211.
amorcs and
morcs, e.g.
Mil. 1377.
arca and
area.
arcem and
artem.
arguo and
urg(u)eo.
atque for
atqui, e.g.
Cas. 700.
au- and
aut, e.g.
aufugio and
aut fugio,
Pseud. 1035.
audeo and
audío, e.g.
Men. 852.
aut and
haud (haut), very freq., e.g.
Mil. 1427.
belle and
relle, e.g.
Most. 806.
bellus and
vellus.
bibo and
vivo, freq., e.g.
Truc. 367.
bis and
ris.
bonis and
nobis.
bonus and
novus.
cacdo and
ccdo (passim).
calidus and
callidus, freq., e.g.
Epid. 256.
captivus and
captus.
catus and
cautus.
certe and
recte.
cibi and
civi.
citus and
scitus, e.g.
Pseud. 748.
civis and
tuus.
clamas and
damus, e.g.
Most. 588.
co- and
eo, freq.
coloniis and
colonis.
condam and
quondam.
conscia and
conscientia.
cui and
qui, freq., e.g.
Mil. 995;
and
cujus, freq., e.g.
Hor. C. ii. 4. 14.
cum and
cum, e.g.
Bacch. 398,
Truc. 230.
damus (see
clamas).
de- and
di-, very freq., e.g.
dimovco and
demovco, Hor. C. i. 1. 13;
descendo for
discindo,
Mil. 1395.
One of Alcuin's Letters to Charlemagne deals with the difficulty of deciding
between de- and di-
forms, e.g. despicere and
dispicere (Epist. 162 in
Mon. Germ. Hist.: Epist. vol. iv).
decere and
dicere, e.g.
Merc. 79.
dedi and
dedo, e.g.
Asin. 428.
descro, desidero, and
desiderio,
e.g.
Capt. 145,
436.
dici and
dici, e.g.
Capt. 56.
dicite and
di te, e.g.
Pseud. 122.
dico and
duco, freq., e.g.
Capt. 151.
In Nonius 12. 16
ducitur of the Leyden MS. is copied
dicitur in the Laurentian.
diurnus and
diuturnus.
doctus and
ductus, e.g.
Capt. 787.
domo and
modo, freq., e.g. Mil. Arg. i. 13,
484;
Men. 803;
Stich. 623 (
A);
Virg. A. x. 141.
ego, eo, ero, and
ergo, freq., e.g.
Pseud. 240,
914;
Mil. 380,
1339 (see Leo's note on
Truc. 711).
egomet and
ego et, e.g.
Mil. 1375.
ei and
et, freq., e.g.
Mil. 1429.
eidem and
fidem.
em, hem, and
est, e.g.
Asin. 323,
358.
emi and
mi(mihi), e.g.
Merc. 106.
erat and
errat, e.g.
Most. 952.
es and
est, freq., e.g.
Pseud. 387.
esse and
sese, freq., e.g.
Pseud. 701,
750.
esset and
es sed.
est and
et.
est and
esse, freq., e.g.
Amph. 884.
et and
sed (set), e.g.
Mil. 1377
(after a word ending in -s).
et and
ut.
Thus in Nonius 79. 17 (a line of Varro): “
dehínc bipennis
út levis passérculus”, the Laurentian MS., a copy of the Leyden MS., has
et for
ut of its original.
etiam and
et clam, e.g.
Merc. 545.
eum (see
cum).
excipio and
expio, e.g.
Aul. 775.
exemplo and
extemplo, e.g.
Asin. 389;
Mil. 890.
In Nonius 90. 11 the scribe of the Laurentian has wrongly copied
exemplo
instead of
extemplo of his original, the Leyden codex.
faciam for
fac sciam, e.g.
Pseud. 696.
facio and
fio.
facite for
facete, e.g.
Mil. 1141,
1161.
fastus and
faustus.
faverit and
fuerit.
fere and
ferre, freq., e.g.
Capt. 105,
Epid. 329.
fingo and
tingo.
fit and
sit, freq., e.g.
Cas. 404.
fluit and
fuit.
flumina and
fulmina, e.g.
Virg. A. iv. 250.
fors and
sors, e.g.
Hor. S. i. 1. 2.
Graecia (Graecus) and
gratia, e.g.
Merc. 525.
gratus and
oratus.
habeo (see
abeo).
hac, hanc (see
ac).
haud (see
aut).
hem (see
em).
hercle and
here, e.g.
Mil. 59.
hi and
ii, his and
iis (passim),
e.g.
Mil. 753. (See
p. 22.）
hic and
hinc, freq.
In Nonius 175. 15
hic stands in the Leyden MS.,
hinc in the Laurentian.
hic eram and
iceram, e.g.
Mil. 28.
hodie and
odio, e.g.
Cas. 404.
homines and
omnes (passim).
honorem and
homo rem, e.g.
Mil. 228.
honos and
onus (honus), honestus
and
onustus (honustus), freq.,
e.g.
Pseud. 218,
Rud. 909.
hortus and
ortus, e.g.
Most. 1046.
hos and
os, freq., e.g.
Poen. 760.
hospitium and
hostium, e.g.
Poen. 693.
hostiis and
hostis.
hostium and
ostium, freq., e.g.
Most. 768,
795.
huc, huic, and
hunc, very freq., e.g.
Pseud. 264.
iceram (see
hic eram).
idem and
item, e.g.
Merc. 651.
In Nonius 133. 18
idem of the Leyden MS. becomes
item in the Laurentian.
ii, iis (see
hi, his, usque).
iit and
ut, very freq.
illa for
ilia, Ilia, very freq.,
e.g.
Virg. A. i. 268.
impero and
impetro, e.g.
Capt. 102.
infernus and
infirmus.
In Nonius 98. 14 the Leyden MS. has
infernos, but its copy, the Laurentian, has
infirmos.
inquit and
quid (quit), e.g.
Mil. 1325,
1343a.
ins- and
s-, e.g.
inspecto and
specto,
Amph. 998.
ita and
tam, e.g.
Mil. 560, and
ite, e.g.
Aul. 451.
item (see
idem) and
itidem, e.g.
Aul. 432.
jaceo and
taceo, e.g.
Pseud. 1247.
jam and
tam, very freq., e.g.
Juvenal iv. 95.
jubet, juvet, lubet, and
vivet (passim), e.g.
Aul. 491,
Curc. 554,
Cas. 417.
junctus and
vinctus (passim), e.g.
Capt. 113.
laetum, letum (passim), and
lentum.
lasso and
laxo.
lectoris and
littoris.
lenis and
levis (cf.
Stich. 78).
leon- and
legion-, e.g.
Aul. 560.
libera and
liberta, e.g.
Epid. 504.
lubet (see
jubet).
luculentus and
lutulentus, e.g.
Capt. 326.
macra for
machaera, e.g.
Mil. 1423.
maerens and
merens (passim).
malitia and
militia, e.g.
Mil. 189.
malus and
majus, freq., e.g.
Juvenal iv. 7.
me and
ne, e.g.
Mil. 199.
mecum and
metum.
mecum for
moechum, e.g.
Mil. 1390.
medicus and
maledicus, e.g.
Men. 946.
memini and
minime, e.g.
Mil. 356.
meto and
metuo, e.g.
Most. 799.
mi (see
emi).
minimus, nimius, and
nummus, e.g.
Hor. C. ii. 6. 18.
minus, minis, and
nimis, freq., e.g.
Hor. S. i. 5. 6.
mirum and
miscrum, e.g.
Rud. 485.
mirus and
verus, e.g.
Cas. 625.
mobilis and
nobilis, e.g.
Hor. C. i. 1. 7.
In Nonius 100. 27
mobilem of the Leyden MS. is wrongly copied
nobilem in the Laurentian.
modo (see
domo).
moles and
mores, e.g.
Mil. 194.
moneo and
movco, freq., e.g.
Hor. C. iii. 7. 20.
morem (see
amores) and
mortem, e.g.
Capt. 232.
multa and
vita, e.g.
Cas. 841,
Pers. 734.
multus and
mutus, freq.
munerum and
numerum.
mutuus, me tuus, and
tuus, e.g.
Mil. 316,
Pseud. 286,
295.
nam, non (freq.), and
nunc, e.g.
Aul. 603.
nc (see
me).
ne, nec (freq.), and
nunc, e.g.
Pseud. 186.
neque for
nequco, e.g.
Mil. 1342.
nequid and
nequil (passim).
nimis, nimium (see
minus, minimum).
nobilis (see
mobilis).
nobis (see
bonis).
nolo and
volo, freq., e.g.
Merc. 769;
Mil. 1239.
nomen (nō） and
non; and
numen.
non and
nos, e.g.
Most. 1159.
nulli for
ni illi, freq.
num and
nunc, e.g.
Amph. 709.
numero (see
munerum),
num
vero, and
nunc vero, e.g.
Amph. 180.
In Nonius 38. 5
publicanum vero of the Leyden MS.
becomes in the Laurentian
publica numero.
nummus (see
minimus).
odere and
odore.
In Nonius 125. 26
odore stands in the Laurentian but
odore in its copy, the Harleian.
odio (see
hodie).
ol- and
vol-, e.g.
pracolat and
praevolat,
Mil. 41.
omnes (see
homines).
omnia and
omina, e.g.
Virg. A. iii. 315.
onus, onustus (see
honos, honestus).
opimus and
optimus, e.g.
Capt. 281.
orbam and
orabam.
orbo and
ordo.
ornamenta (
ornamta with stroke
above m) and
ornata, e.g.
Epid. 222.
ortus (see
hortus).
os (see
hos).
ostium (see
hostium).
pare and
patre.
paro and
raro.
patior and
potior, e.g.
Asin. 324.
per, prac, and
pro, e.g.
Mil. 597.
pius and
prius.
potes and
putes, freq.
prae, pro (see
per).
precor and
praetor.
probe and
prope, e.g.
Bacch. 1160,
Capt. 269.
proco and
pro co.
promisi for
prompsi (promsi), e.g.
Mil. 829,
841.
prope, pro re, and
prorae.
propius, proprius (freq.), and
propitius, e.g.
Most. 466.
qua and
quia, e.g.
Aul. 435.
quae and
que (passim).
quaero and
queror.
quam and
quom, e.g.
Bacch. 76.
quam tu and
quantum, e.g.
Mil. 314.
quamquam, quaquam, and
quaqua, freq., e.g.
Aul. 102.
quasi and
quia si, e.g.
Truc. 870.
qui (see
cui) and
quin, e.g.
Mil. 262.
quid (see
inquit).
quiesce and
quicsse.
quictus and
qui et.
quin (see
qui) for
qui in, freq.
quisque and
quisquis, freq., e.g.
Pseud. 973.
quondam (see
condam).
quot and
quod (passim).
re- and
rem, freq., e.g.
resolvit
and
rem solvit,
Asin. 433; cf.
Trin. 912.
recte (see
certe).
reddit and
redit, freq., e.g.
Cas. 719.
regi and
rei, e.g.
Mil. 77.
regiis and
regis.
relinqui and
reliqui, freq.
res for
heres, e.g.
Most. 234.
s- (see
ins-).
saepe (sepe) and
semper (sēper), e.g.
Pseud. 225.
saltem and
salutem, e.g.
Trin. 487.
salto and
saluto, e.g.
Mil. 668.
sci- and
si-, e.g.
scit and
sit,
scitis and
sitis, scimus and
simus (passim), e.g.
Pseud. 179,
275,
641,
657,
831.
scito for
est cito (see
faciam).
scitus (see
citus).
se and
si, freq., e.g.
Amph. 662.
sed (see
et) and
si.
serus and
servus, e.g.
Bacch. 402.
sesc (see
esse).
simulavit and
si amavit, e.g.
Mil. 1251.
sin for
si in, sit for
si id (si it), freq.
sit (see
fit).
sordibus and
sordidus.
specto and
inspecto, e.g.
Amph. 998.
suam for
si jam, freq.
sumpsi (sūpsi) and
si ipsi.
suscipio and
suspicio, e.g.
Virg. A. vi. 724.
tam (see
ita) and
tuam, e.g.
Mil. 793.
tamen and
tamne.
terere and
terrere, e.g.
Trin. 796.
timeo and
tumeo.
tingo (see
fingo).
transicit and
transigit, e.g.
Virg. A. ix. 634.
tu and
ut, freq., e.g.
Mil. 1276;
and
tum (freq.),
tunc, e.g.
Pseud. 240,
Merc. 552.
tunc for
tune, freq. (cf.
p. 85).
tuus (see
mutuus).
ulli and
vili, e.g.
Virg. G. ii. 439.
urgeo (see
arguo).
usquam and
vos quam, e.g.
Merc. 423.
usque and
iisque.
ut (see
tu, et, iit),
vi, and
vel,
freq., e.g.
Mil. 1066.
utilis and
vilis.
utrum, virum, and
verum, freq., e.g.
Men. 988.
vel (see
ut).
velim and
vilem, e.g.
Mil. 1243.
velle, vellus (see
belle, bellus).
velut and
vellit.
vena and
vera.
venco and
venio, freq., e.g.
Men. 289,
549.
verba and
verbera, e.g.
Most. 993.
verus (see
mirus, numero) and
vir-, freq., e.g.
Pseud. 1134,
Pers. 84,
372.
veto and
vexo.
vi (see
ut).
vilis (see
utilis, ulli, velim).
vinctus (see
junctus).
vis (see
bis).
vita (see
multa).
vivit and
vult, e.g.
Mil. 1051.
viro (see
jubet).
vo- (see
o-).
volo (see
nolo).
voltus and
volutus, e.g.
Capt. 106.
voluntas and
voluptas, very freq.,
e.g.
Truc. 353.
vos quam (see
usquam).
