The Roman Family

Question 1

alieno iuri subiectus

Answer 1

dependent

Question 2

Tūtōr

Answer 2

Guardian of underage son or unmarried daughter if pater familias

(-tutor must be of the same gens)

Question 3

gēns

Answer 3

group of people with the same nomen

(–common ancestor through males)

Question 4

gentilēs

Answer 4

members of a gens

(–gens distributed property of a member who died

sine prōle among his gentiles)

Question 5

sācra gentilicia

Answer 5

religious services of the gens

Question 6

stirps

Answer 6

group of people with same cognomen

Question 7

agnātiō

Answer 7

relation through males

Question 8

agnātī

Answer 8

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

(emancipated sons are not included)

Question 9

cōgnātiō

Answer 9

blood relation

(no legal rights - except cognati that lost their citizenship - does not include wives)

Question 10

cara cognātiō

Answer 10

The festive of relatives on the 22nd of February

Question 11

pater, patris, m.

Answer 11

father

Question 12

mater, matris, f.

Answer 12

mother

Question 13

frater, fratris, m.

Answer 13

brother

Question 14

sorōr, sorōris, f.

Answer 14

sister

Question 15

avus, -ī, m.

Answer 15

grandfather

Question 16

avia, -ae, f.

Answer 16

grandmother

Question 17

patruus, -ī, m.

Answer 17

uncle on the father’s side

Question 18

amita, -ae, f.

Answer 18

aunt on father’s side

Question 19

avunculus, -ī, m.

Answer 19

uncles on mother’s side

Question 20

matertare, -ae, f.

Answer 20

aunt on mother’s side

Question 21

nepos, nepōtis, m./f.

Answer 21

grandson/ granddaughter, nephew/ niece

Question 22

patruelis, -is, m.

Answer 22

first cousin on father’s side

Question 23

consōbrīnus (a), -ī(ae)

Answer 23

first cousin on mother’s side

Question 24

prōpior sobrinō/sōbeīnā

Answer 24

a parent’s cousin (second cousin)

Question 25

sōbrīnus (a), -ī (ae)

Answer 25

son or daughter of a parent’s cousin (third cousin)

Question 26

ius osculī

Answer 26

right to kiss

(persons within the sixth degree of familial relation have this)

Question 27

adfinitās

Answer 27

relation through marraige

Question 28

adfinēs

Answer 28

relatives through marriage only

Question 29

gener, generī, m.

Answer 29

son-in-law

Question 30

nurnus, nurūs, f.

Answer 30

daughter-in-law

Question 31

socer, socerī, m.

Answer 31

father-in-law

Question 32

socrus, socrūs, f.

Answer 32

mother-in-law

Question 33

provignus, -ī, m.

Answer 33

stepson

Question 34

provigna, -ae, f.

Answer 34

stepdaughter

Question 35

vitricus, -ī, m.

Answer 35

stepfather

Question 36

nōverca, -ae, f.

Answer 36

stepmother

Question 37

ianitricēs

Answer 37

women who married brothers

Question 38

sācra familiāria

Answer 38

religious services of the family

Question 39

adoptiō

Answer 39

adoption of a fīlius familiās or son

Question 40

adrogātiō

Answer 40

adoption of a pater familiās

(extinction of one family to prevent that of another - sanctioned by pontificēs and the comitia centūriata - adrogātus must have brothers to continue his family)

Question 41

patria pōtastās

Answer 41

same as patria maiestas, patrium ius, imperium paternum

Question 42

Limitations to the patria potestās

Answer 42

-all sons and first born daughters must be reared

-no children killed until the third year (unless it was graciously deformed)

-can’t sell a married son as a slave

-custom obliged pater familias to call council of relatives and friends, called iudicium domesticum, when contemplating infliction of severe punishment

Question 43

Pater Familias

Answer 43

Assigned his children their own property, called peculia

Question 44

patrimonium profundere

Answer 44

to prove untrue to a pater familias’s trust

Question 45

Manus

Answer 45

power of a man over his wife

Question 46

dominica potestas

Answer 46

power of pater familias over slaves and inanimate objects