Aulularia

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τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Aulŭlārĭa: ae, f. aulula, dim.; v. aula = olla,
I a comedy of Plautus, so called from the money-pot of its avaricious hero.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Aulŭlārĭa, æ, f., l’Aululaire [comédie de Plaute.].

Latin > German (Georges)

Aululāria, ae, f. (aulula), die Topfkomödie, das Topfstück, eine Komödie des Plautus, so gen. von dem Geldtopfe des geizigen Alten, der Hauptperson des Stückes, Plin. 18, 107.