Il Miles gloriosus sul fronte della grammatica: Plauto, Terenzio e l’infantia militis

The miles mask and, in particular, the miles gloriosus mask in the Latin theater (e.g. Pirgopolinice in Plautus’ Miles gloriosus and Trasone in Terence’s Eunuchus) could be funny not only with the continued use of hyperbole, but also with the performance of a personal infantia in dicendo; in other words, this paper tends to highlight some vitia elocutionis (barbarism, solecism, anacolouth) that characterize the speaking of the soldier in the scene. Thus emerges a special infantia militis, who becomes a vehicle for humor.