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

Name

Latinized Greek personal name.

Flag Latinized Greek patronymic adjective endings (-iades, -ides, -idas checked in that order, requiring at least two letters before the suffix) on a personal name. 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]

Patronymic

True when a patronymic suffix was found.

Matched suffix

Matched suffix, or empty string.

• 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.

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