# Noctes Atticae 2.23.12

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, Book 2, Chapter 23. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/aulus-gellius/noctes-atticae/2.23.12

conatus est enarrare, sed quasi minime probanda praetermisit et alia nescio quae mimica inculcavit et illud Menandri de vita hominum media sumptum, simplex et verum et delectabile, nescio quo pacto omisit. Idem enim ille maritus senex cum altero sene vicino colloquens et uxoris locupletis superbiam deprecans, haec ait: Ἔχω δʼ ἐπίκληρον Λάμιαν· οὐκ εἴρηκά σοι Τοῦτʼ; εἶτʼ ἄρʼ οὐχί; κυρίαν τῆς οἰκίας Καὶ τῶν ἀγρῶν καὶ† πάντων ἀντʼ ἐκείνης Ἔχομεν, Ἄπολλον, ὡς χαλεπῶν χαλεπώτατον· Ἅπασι δʼ ἀργαλέα ᾽στίν, οὐκ ἐμοὶ μόνῳ, Υἱῷ πολὺ μᾶλλον θυγατρι—Πρᾶγμʼ ἄμαχον λέγεις. —Εὖ οἷδα.

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Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, ed. John C. Rolfe. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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