"_Rab. Surdam_" (Vol. ii., p. 493.).--EDINENSIS. gives the above as the
inscription on a tomb-stone, and requests an explanation. It is very
probable that the stone-cutter made a mistake, and cut "Rab. Surdam"
instead of "Rap. Surum," which would be a contraction for "Rapax Suorum,"
alluding to Death or the Grave. It seems {43} impossible to extract a
meaning, from "Rab. Surdam" by any stretch of Latinity.