See hem in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "DAVUS: By Hercules, I don’t know [what you’re talking about].\nSIMO: You don’t? Really?\nDAVUS: Nope — I’m Davus, not Oedipus.\n(The wily slave Davus acts as if his master Simo speaks in riddles: Oedipus famously solved the riddle of the sphinx.)",
"ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 194",
"text": "DĀVUS: Nōn hercle intellegō. SĪMŌ: Nōn? Hem? DĀVUS: Nōn — Dāvus sum, nōn Oedipus.",
"translation": "DAVUS: By Hercules, I don’t know [what you’re talking about].\nSIMO: You don’t? Really?\nDAVUS: Nope — I’m Davus, not Oedipus.\n(The wily slave Davus acts as if his master Simo speaks in riddles: Oedipus famously solved the riddle of the sphinx.)",
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"ref": "166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 194",
"text": "DĀVUS: Nōn hercle intellegō. SĪMŌ: Nōn? Hem? DĀVUS: Nōn — Dāvus sum, nōn Oedipus.",
"translation": "DAVUS: By Hercules, I don’t know [what you’re talking about].\nSIMO: You don’t? Really?\nDAVUS: Nope — I’m Davus, not Oedipus.\n(The wily slave Davus acts as if his master Simo speaks in riddles: Oedipus famously solved the riddle of the sphinx.)",
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