By Roman Hands: Inscriptions and Graffiti for Students of Latin by Hartnett Matthew

Author:Hartnett, Matthew [Hartnett, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2013-07-24T16:00:00+00:00

Now look again at the Latin as it appears on the stone. What mental picture is generated in this epitaph by the nesting of secura Glyconis between tumulo and honesto ?

tumulo : tumulus, -i, m., mound, tomb .

secura : securus, -a, -um, untroubled, released from care, composed .

Glyconis : Glyconis , nominative singular.

honesto : honestus, -a, -um, honorable, respectable, distinguished .

usque : adv., even .

106. The Cruel Sisters (CIL 3.9259, 4-5)

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