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Nōn tibi sē Liger anteferet, non Axona praeceps, Mātrona nōn, Gallīs Belgīsque intersita fīnīs, Santonicō refluus non ipse Carantonus aestū.
Not the Loire will have preference before you, not precipitous Aisne, not the Marne, put between the Gaulish and Belgian lands, not the Charente himself, driven back by the Santonic tide.
The goddess associated with the river
2nd century AD, altar inscription CIL XIII, 5674:[1]
Successus Natalis l(ibertus) maceriem caementiciam circa hoc templum de sua pecunia Matronae ex voto suscepto v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)
2009 translation by Noémie Beck
Successus, freed from Natalis, had this outer wall in rubble stones built around this temple at his own expense in honour of Matrona, after making a vow, and paid his vow willingly and deservedly
Usage notes
The gender as a river name is variously given as masculine,[2] feminine,[3] or variable[4] in dictionaries and grammars. Feminine follows the general gender assignment of first declension nouns; masculine follows a general rule that river names in Latin were masculine. Both rules have exceptions. It is feminine in Ausonius.
