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- Publius Terentius Afer, Heauton Timorumenos, actus II, scaena 3.
- P. Terenti Afri comoediae, edited by Carolus Dziatzko, Leipzig, 1884, p. 67:
- Scílicet
Factúrum me esse; in eúm iam res rediít locum,
Vt sít necessus.
- Terence with an English translation by John Sargeaunt. In two volumes, I, 1918, p. 152f.:
- scilicet
facturum me esse; in eum iam res rediit locum
ut sit necessus.
- You may be sure I'll do that: it's come to this that I can't help it.
- E. S. Shuckburgh, The "Hauton Timorumenos" of Terence. With translation and notes, Cambridge, 1869, p. 44f.:
- Scilicet
facturum me esse: in eum jam res rediit locum,
ut sit necessus.
- scilicet facturum. scilicet has here the construction which its composition properly warrants: either sci-licet, 'know, you may'; or scire-licet, as Lucr. writes it 2, 809. vid. Wagner's note. Cf. 4, 8, 15, and 5, 1, 19.
necessus is said to be old genitive for necessis. vid. Munro, Lucr. 6, 815. Cf. Eun. 5, 5, 28, ut sit necessus, lit. 'that there is of necessity': 'it is a matter of necessity.'
- Of course I will do so: matters are now come to such a position, that it is a matter of necessity.
- Henry Thomas Riley, The Comedies of Terence by Terence. Literally translated into English prose, with notes, 1896 (gutenberg.org)
- You may rest assured I’ll do so. The matter has now come to that pass, that it is a case of necessity.