Dis Manibus: the spirits
of the dead, the divine spirits; this phrase in the dative is regularly
found at the head of tombstone inscriptions.
Palatina: the name of the
tribus that her husband Euhodus belonged to; it was one of the four
voting tribes of Rome.
magister, tri, m.
in this context the word means chief or director rather than teacher.
quinquenalis: every five years,
quinquennial. This local magistrate was selected every five years to
preside over the census of a municipality.
collegium, -i n.
an association, guild.
faber, fabri m.
tignarius, -a, -um
working with wood.
Ostis: locative case of the town
lustrum, -i n.
ceremony of purification; the lustrum closed the five-year census.
fecit [hoc monumentum]: this
formulaic phrase of dedication is often abbreviated as H M or omitted
entirely from tombstone inscriptions; its presence is understood from the
reference to the deceased in the dative (sibi et Matiliae).
sacerdos, -dotis f.
of Ostia, Ostian.
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