Note 211 — Chapter VI · ROMAN COMEDY. PLAUTUS. ABOUT 254 TO 184 B.C.
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'Quom mi ipsum nomen eius Archidemides Clamaret dempturum esse si quid crederem.' Bacchid. 285. 'Propterea huic urbi nomen Epidamno inditumst Quia nemo ferme sine damno huc devortitur.' Menaech. 264.
Cf. also the play on Chrysalus and Crucisalus; and the following may serve as a specimen of his perpetual puns:—
'Non enim es in senticeto, eo non sentis.' Captivi, 857.