Sorry, I could not literally translate the notations after the names, and deleted the message,but Looking at my old Latin dictionary: salarium = salt-money, a pension, stipend, allowance, salary. salinae = salt-works, salt-mine and I think there was a word labore or the like, which, of course, is a worker in the salt mine/works Regards Ada Ada Ackerly. Melbourne Formerly Ackerly Docusearch ----- Original Message ----- To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OEL] further to Old occupations (Latin?) > Not the Latin bit, but the Shorter Oxford Dictionary gives the word "barrow" > as a conical basket for draining wet salt. The example it had was dated 1686. > So it looks as though we should be looking at salt-related occupations for the > Latin. > > Best wishes, > Margaret.