1114. The nominative is used in inscriptions, notices, titles, or
headings: as,
L · CORNELIVS · CN · F · CN · N · SCIPIO, CIL. I, 34, on a tomb, _Lucius
Cornelius Scipio, son_ (#fīlius#) _of Gnaeus, grandson_ (#nepōs#) _of
Gnaeus_. LABYRINTHVS HIC HABITAT MINOTAVRVS, CIL. IV, 2331, on a plan of
the Labyrinth scratched by a Pompei schoolboy, _The Maze. Here lives
Minotaur_. PRIVATVM PRECARIO ADEITVR, CIL. I, 1215, _Private Grounds. No
Admittance without leave_. #Themistoclēs, Neoclī fīlius, Athēniēnsis#,
N. 2, 1, _Themistocles, son of Neocles, of Athens_.
1115. The title proper of a book is often put in the genitive, dependent
on #līber# or #librī#: as, #Cornēlī Tacitī Historiārum Liber Prīmus#,
_Tacitus’s Histories, Book First_. Or prepositional expressions are
used: as, #M. Tullī Cicerōnis dē Fātō Liber#, _Cicero, Fate, in One
Book_. #Cornēlī Tacitī ab Excessū dīvī Augustī Liber Prīmus#, _Tacitus’s
Roman History from the Demise of the sainted Augustus, Book First_.
1116. Sometimes the nominative of a title or exclamation is retained in
a sentence for some other case: as, #Gabīniō cōgnōmen ‘Cauchius’
ūsurpāre concessit#, Suet. _Cl._ 24, _he allowed Gabinius to take the
surname ‘Cauchius;’_ (compare #Catō quasi cōgnōmen habēbat Sapientis#,
_L._ 6, _Cato had the virtual surname of the Wise_). #‘Marsya’ nōmen
habet#, O. 6, 400, _it has the name of ‘Marsyas;’_ (compare #nōmen
Dānuvium habet#, S. _Fr._ 3, 55, _it has the name Danube_), #resonent
mihi ‘Cynthia’ silvae#, Prop. 1, 18, 31, _let woods reecho ‘Cynthia’ for
me_; (compare #tū, Tītyre, fōrmōsam resonāre docēs Amaryllida silvas#,
V. _E._ 1, 4, _thou, Tityrus, dost teach the woods to echo Amaryllis
Fair_).