Titus Maccius Plautus(Plautus)普劳图斯
Altera manu fert lapidem,panem ostentat altera.(Aulul.195)
In one hand he is carrying a stone,while he shows bread in the other.
他一手拿着石头，一首却拿着面包。（表里不一）

Acherontis pabulum(Casina 2,1,12)
food dor Acheron(river);food for hell
Acheron河的粮食；被地狱的河流吞没的东西（妻子很自己的丈夫并说，他将来要成为“地狱河流的食粮”）

Amans amensque;(Merc.82) = amantes amentes
A lover is mindless;
情人没有脑子。情人疯了（参见Nemo in amore videt）

Aquam e pumice nunc postulas.(Persa 41)
You want to get water from a stone.
你向石头求水。你要求不可能的事。（缘木求鱼）

Dictum sapienti sat(est).(Persa 729)
What has been said is enough for any clever person.
对有理智的人来说，讲过的这些话已经够了。（常引用为“Verba sapienti sat est”）

Di nos quasi pilas homines habent.(Capt.22)
The gods hold us humans like balls in their hands.
"神明们把我们人玩弄于指掌之间"（神明们决定人们的命运。见Homer 或 Vergilus 的著作）

Facias ipse quod faciamus suades.(Asinaria 644)
Practise yourself what you preach to us.
你劝我们做的事，你自己应该也要做。

Gallina scripsit.
Writtenby the hen.(the wrinkles in an old person's face)
母鸡写的（这翻得啊！）；（老人脸中皱纹）

Hac lupi,hac canes.(Cas.810)
Here the wolves,here the dogs.
一边有狼，一边有狗；进退两难。

lupos apud oves linquere(Pseud.140)
to leave wolves with the sheep;
将羊留给狼；让狼管理羊群（ovem lupo committere）

Lupus est homo homini,non homo,quonqualis sit non novit.(Asinaria.495)
A man is a wolf rather than a man to another man;when he hasn't yet found out what he is like.
如果一个人还不知道对方是什么样的人，他就像一匹狼一样对待他。（不能信任不认识的人）参见 bellum omnium in ommes

miles gloriosus;(milites gloriosi)
a bragging soilder;braggart soilders;
自夸的军人；说大话的人

Nec mutam repertam ullam esse mulierem ullo in saeculo.(Aul.125)
Never in the world has ever a woman been found who could be silent.
妇女们都不能保持缄默。

quasi esuriens lupus;(Stich.605)
like a hungry wolf;
像一匹饥饿的狼一样