[46] See Priscian, vi. 1, who quotes from old Latin authors, monetas for monetæ; escas for escæ; and vias for viæ.
[47] Orelli, 2778. He observes, “jacit est etiam in aliis Britannicis.”
[48] Orelli, 4544. Dua obrendaria.
[49] Prisc. vi. 1.
[50] Anthol. Meyer, 1424.
[51] Gruter, p. 572.
[52] Fabretti, pp. 113, 575.
[53] Quinct. 1, 5, 20.
[54] B nec penitus caret aspiratione, nec eam plene possidet. Prisc. 1, 5, 26.
[55] Ab scala Mediana. Orelli, 3093. The grammarians condemn the use of scala in the singular as a solecism. (Quinct. 1, 5, 16). M. Abudius Luminaris, who raises this monument, had married his own freedwoman; “Patronus idemque conjux.” There are inscriptions by freedmen to patronæ, who were also their wives. Such marriages were forbidden by Severus, unless under the sanction of a judge; and when the patrona was of such humble rank, “ut ei honestæ sint vel liberti sui nuptiæ.” Fabretti, p. 290. Anicia Glycera (Orell. 4649) records her gratitude to her husband, “qui ex imo ordine ad summum me perduxit honorem,” as from a slave he had made her his wife. The Greek slave would often be, in manners and culture, superior to the Roman master.