Customs: The Roman Family

Question 1

Tutor

Answer 1

guardian of underage son or unmarried daughter of pater familias (must be the same gens)

Question 2

Gens

Answer 2

group of people with the same nomen- common ancestors through males

Question 3

Stirps

Answer 3

group of people with the same cognomen

Question 4

Agnatio

Answer 4

relation through males

Question 5

Agnati

Answer 5

included one’s wife and the wives of one’s agnati and the adopted children of oneself and one’s agnati

Question 6

Cognatio

Answer 6

blood relation- no legal rights

Question 7

Pater

Answer 7

father

Question 8

Mater

Answer 8

mother

Question 9

Filius

Answer 9

son

Question 10

Filia

Answer 10

daughter

Question 11

Frater

Answer 11

brother

Question 12

Soror

Answer 12

sister

Question 13

Avus

Answer 13

grandfather

Question 14

Avia

Answer 14

grandmother

Question 15

Patruus

Answer 15

uncle on father’s side

Question 16

Amita

Answer 16

Aunt on the father’s side

Question 17

Avunculus

Answer 17

Uncle on mother’s side

Question 18

Matertera

Answer 18

Aunt on mother’s side

Question 19

Nepos

Answer 19

grandson, nephew

Question 20

Neptis

Answer 20

granddaughter, niece

Question 21

ius osculi

Answer 21

right to kiss- persons within the sixth degree of familial relation have this

Question 22

Adfines

Answer 22

relatives through marriage only (adfinitas- relation through marriage)

Question 23

ianitrices

Answer 23

women who married brothers

Question 24

Adoptio

Answer 24

adoption of a filius familias or son

Question 25

Adrogatio

Answer 25

adoption of a pater familias

Question 26

Patria potestas

Answer 26

power of the father of the household over his family

Question 27

Pater familias

Answer 27

assigned his children their own property, called peculia

Question 28

Manus

Answer 28

power of a man over his wife