Use this epigraphic utility to apply a stated parsing, transcription, measurement, dating, classification, or documentation rule consistently while preparing inscriptions for scholarly review.

Nomen

Single-word Roman nomen gentilicium.

Apply a transparent typological heuristic in which a single-word nomen ending in -ius (masculine) or -ia with at least five letters (feminine) hints at an Italian/Latin gentilicial origin. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.^[1]

Matched ending

Which characteristic ending was matched.

Italian hint

True when the heuristic suggests an Italian origin.

• Roman name elements, filiations, tribes, freed status, and origins vary across time, region, citizenship, gender, language, and inscription type. A suffix or token is evidence for review, not a unique biographical identification.
• Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Retain the photograph, squeeze or scan, diplomatic transcription, provenance, dimensions, uncertainty marks, and corpus identifiers with the result. Confirm ambiguous cases against the relevant corpus, Leiden conventions, parallel inscriptions, and specialist judgment.

• Onomastic Region Origin Probability Hint Scorer

  Score explicit onomastic markers one point each (Latin gentilicium toward Italian origin, Greek name elements toward Greek origin, local epithet toward a regional origin) and hint at the single leading class or 'uncertain' on ties.

• Tria Nomina Completeness Structure Analyzer

  Analyzes whether a Roman name supplies the full tria nomina using standard praenomen tokens and gentilicial -ius/-eus/-ia/-ea nomen endings.

• Hic Situs Est Sepulchral Formula Detector

  Detect the sepulchral burial formula distinguishing masculine situs from feminine sita.