Customs - Education Flashcards
susceptio
lifting of child (like Simba)
primordia
first 8 days of child’s life
pupus
baby
dies lustricus/nominalia
naming ceremony - sons 9 days, daughters 8 days
cunae/cunabula
cradle
lectica
litter for carrying baby
bulla/aurea
gold amulet worn to protect child from fascinatio (evil eye)
crepundia
rattle
turbines
spinning tops
trochi
hoops
pilae
balls
tali
knucklebones for playing jacks
litterator
elementary teacher
abacus
used for math
grammaticus
teacher of grammar
rhetor
public speaking teacher
suasoria
debate classes
pergula
attachment to public building where class was held
teachers
slaves/freedmen
nundinae
market day - no school
paedagogus
took kids to school and tutored them
pedisequi/capsarii
carried kids’ books
tirocinium
apprenticeship
tirocinium fori
law apprenticeship
tirocinium militae
admin/war apprenticeship
Liberalia
March 17, man gives up bulla and toga praetexta
tunica recta
worn under toga virilis