THE riRST SIX CENTURIES. 295 



may be martura, not mortua, must be rejected, as the letters are 

 distinctly MOPTOYA, i.e. mortua. 



1. 4. AeuKes. In Muratori, p. 27, we have Lucens as the Latin 

 form of this name, and in p, ccclxvi, Leuces. Orel]i, n. 1022, gives 

 Leuce. 1. 5. etsTretpetTw cravKTco rovw, i.e. ispirito (spiritui) sancto 

 tuo. This use of i as a prefix is often found in Christian epitaphs. 

 It is one of many indications of the lapse of Latin into Italian. 

 The change of person — tuo for ejus — occurs in Classical authors. 

 The points in this, as in some heathen inscriptions, are no indica- 

 tion of the intervals between words. 



43. 

 SVCCESSAE FILIAE DVL 

 CISSIMAE PARENTES • Q • y • AN 

 NOS DVOS M • XI • D • IIBMINPACE 

 DPXVIIIKALSEPTNIGRINIANO 



(In Mus. Lat. ; De Kossi, n. 110.) 



SuccesscB, JilicB dulcissimce, parentes, quce vixit annas II, menses 

 XI, dies II. JBene merenti in pace. Deposita, XVIII Kalendas 

 Septembres, Nigriniano (consule). 



" To Successa, (their) sweetest daughter, her parents (made this) ; who 

 lived two years, eleven months, two days. To her, well-deserving, in 

 peace. Buried on the eighteenth day before the Calends of September, 

 in the Consulship of Nigrinianus," i.e. August 25th, 350, a.d. 



44. 

 REVECCAE INNOCENTI QVAE YIXIT 

 ANNVM VNVM MENSEM YNVM 

 DIES XVII BENEMERENTI IN PACE 

 DEPOSITA YIIII KAL • SEPTEMBRES 

 FLAVIO • CAESARIO • ET NONIO 

 ATTICO • y V • CC • CONSS 

 PARENTES BENEMERENTI FECERYNT 



(In 3Ius. Capitol.] De Eossi, n. 450.) 



Heveccca (Rebeccas) innocenti, qucs vixit annum, I mensem I, dies 

 XVII. £ene merenti in pace. Deposita IX Kalendas Septemhres 

 Flavio CcBsario et Nonio Attico, Viris Clarissimis, Gonsulihus. 

 JParentes lene merenti fecerunt. 



" To the innocent Kebecca, who lived one year, one month, seventeen 

 days. To her, well-deserving, in peace. Buried on the ninth day before 



