Notes to Funerary Inscription for Petronia Hedone

Hedone: a Greek name meaning delight, pleasure.

fecit: understand hoc monumentum

liberta, ae f.
freedwoman. This is an older form of the dative feminine plural, used frequently in inscriptions to distinguish females from males (libertis). See below for -quae.

quae: a carver's misspelling of -que, based perhaps on overcompensation or mispronunciation.



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