Customs: The Roman Family

Question 1

amita

Answer 1

paternal aunt

Question 2

manus

Answer 2

power of a man over his wife

Question 3

nepos

Answer 3

grandson (or nephew)

Question 4

tutor

Answer 4

guardian of a child

Question 5

gener

Answer 5

son-in-law

Question 6

What is the difference between agnati & cognati?

Answer 6

agnati - blood relation through the males
cognati - any blood relation

Question 7

avunculus

Answer 7

maternal uncle

Question 8

pater familias

Answer 8

father (and head) of a family

Question 9

avia

Answer 9

grandmother

Question 10

vitricus

Answer 10

stepfather

Question 11

privignus

Answer 11

stepson

Question 12

socer

Answer 12

father-in-law

Question 13

matertera

Answer 13

maternal aunt

Question 14

nurus

Answer 14

daughter-in-law

Question 15

patruus

Answer 15

paternal uncle

Question 16

patria potestas

Answer 16

power of the father over his family

Question 17

adfines

Answer 17

in-laws

Question 18

socrus

Answer 18

mother-in-law

Question 19

peculium

Answer 19

property given to a slave (or a child) by the pater familias

Question 20

privigna

Answer 20

stepdaughter

Question 21

noverca

Answer 21

stepmother

Question 22

consobrinus/consobrina

Answer 22

maternal cousin

Question 23

adrogatio

Answer 23

adoption of a pater familias

Question 24

ianitrices

Answer 24

women who married brothers

Question 25

patruelis

Answer 25

paternal cousin

Question 26

avus

Answer 26

grandfather

Question 27

**adoptio

Answer 27

adoption of a son into the familia

Question 28

neptis

Answer 28

granddaughter (or niece)