Classical and Medieval Latin examples for learners
DIS·MANIBVS·M·DOMITI
VS·PRIMIGENIVS·FECITSIBI
ET·SVIS·LIBERTTIS·LIBERTABVSQ
POSTERISQVEEORUM
Dīs mānibus M. Domitius Prīmigenius fēcit sibi et suīs libertīs libertābusque posterīsque eōrum.
Marble cinerary urn with lid. Roman ca. A.D. 90–110. British Museum 27.122.2a, b (Fletcher Fund, 1927)
Marble altar. ca. 1st c. AD. 17 x 14 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Arthur Burkhard. 1963.49.
DIS MANIB
TI CLAVDIO
NICOMACO
ARAM FECIT
SIBI
Dīs Mānib(us), Ti(beriō) Claudiō Nicomacō āram fēcit sibi.
CIL 6.10195
Dis Manibus.
M[arco] Antonio Nigro,
veterano Thraeci,
qui vix[it] ann[os] XXXVIII,
pugnavit XVIII.
Flavia Diogenis
coniugi suo bene
merenti
de suo fecit.
By Roman Hands 58
Mosaic from house in Tunisia (El Jem Museum)
DOMVS SEMPER
FELIX CVM SVIS
Sollertiana domus semper felix cum suis