Trying again as my original message didn't come through.
Recently, while in Cefalu, Sicily I found a Latin inscription up on a wall near an ancient washing place.
D.O.M.Any Latin scholars out there? Thank you.
This I assume
Hac cephalinus
abit quocunque
salubror amne
purior argento
frigidiorque nive
Here Cefalino flows, healthier than any other river, purer than silver, colder than snow
Thank you so much nutrax, I was thrilled to see the translation. There must be a natural spring under the washing place. It has a wonderful atmosphere -- small lion heads spouting water and kneeling places for scrubbing the clothes.
Most of my knowledge of Latin comes from what the nuns drilled into me in my youth. I got the translation of your plaque by rummaging around Google. Maybe DOM is
>Deo optimo maximo, Latin for "to the Greatest and Best God", originally Jove, later the Christian God
D.O.M. — Deo Optimo Maximo ("To God, the Best and Greatest")
