406 NOTES ON LATIN INSCRIPTIONS FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
from the following passages: “Celebratior quidem anulorum usus cum 
feenore ccepisse debet: argumento est consuetudo vulgi ad sponsiones 
etiamnum anulo exsiliente.’—Pliny, Nat. Hist. xxxiii. i. “Si quis 
sponsionis causa anulum accepit, nec reddidit victori.”—Ulpian, 
Dig. xix. 5,18. ‘“Pono pallium, ille suum annulum opposuit.— 
Plautus, Curcul. ii. 3, 17. 
DEMEDIAM PARTEM DONAVIT NODONTI. The construc- 
tion of donare either with the accusative of the person and the abla- 
tive of the thing or (as here) with the accusative of the thing and the 
dative of the person is well known. The meaning of the words, ac- 
cording to my view, is—Silvianus, to obtain the aid of the deity in 
winning the wager, vowed that he would present to him one-half of it 
if the decision should be in his favour. 
INTER QUIBVS SENICIANI NOMEN NVLLIS PERMIT- 
TAS SANITATEM. The construction from quibus to sanitatem is 
plain, and the sense is clearly,—grant health to none of those who 
bear the name Senecianus—quibus Seniciant nomen est. But enter 
remains unexplained. Probably the simplest suggestion is, that the 
construction 1s inter eos quibus, 1.e. permittas sanitatem nullis inter 
eos guibus Seneciani nomen est. But I am not satisfied with this. 
Can it be that ¢nter stands for in termino, i.e. Nodenti in termino: 
to Nodon, whose terminal figure stands here? This view is counte-~ 
nanced by the conjecture that one of the statues found on the site 
was that of Nodon, possibly that one regarded as representing Pan. 
It is also supported by the contrast between the neighbourhood in 
termino, and the distance denoted by perferant usque templum. It is 
proper, however, that I should add that I do not recollect ever having 
seen TER* used for TERMINVS. The prayer for bad health is not 
conclusive evidence that the reference is to Aisculapius, for every deity 
was supposed to have the power of visiting with sickness or other 
punishment. The special office of Aisculapius was restoration to health. 
PERFERANT USQVE TEMPLVM NODENTIS. The selec- 
tion of the words perferant and usque seems to indicate the distance 
of the temple, and the consequent labour in reaching it. The use of 
usgue without ed is well known. The only question which now re- 
mains, is as te what they were to carry to the temple. According to 
my view it was the dimidia pars (either of the sum wagered or of the 
value of the ring), which Silvianus had presented to the deity by a 
vow, the obligation of which Senecianus refused to acknowledge. 
