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From: Helma Dik <helmadik@midway.uchicago.edu>
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Susan L suggests:
>How about   Vivit ann. LX, on the analogue of the burial inscriptions, Vixit
>ann. ?
How about,

vivat alteros LX ann., dein .. etc.?

As to James Butrica's suggestion:
>
>  > If he's in good health and has a healthy sense of humour, how about
>>  "Moriturum te salutamus"?
>>  More seriously, "annus LXus fauste et feliciter tibi incipiat" looks to be
>  > a little long too, but I can't devise anything that's really short: I

Read: annnus LXI-us. Right?

HD
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Helma Dik
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