The Roman Family Flashcards
alieno iuri subiectus
dependent
Tūtōr
Guardian of underage son or unmarried daughter if pater familias
(-tutor must be of the same gens)
gēns
group of people with the same nomen
(–common ancestor through males)
gentilēs
members of a gens
(–gens distributed property of a member who died
sine prōle among his gentiles)
sācra gentilicia
religious services of the gens
stirps
group of people with same cognomen
agnātiō
relation through males
agnātī
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)
cōgnātiō
blood relation
(no legal rights - except cognati that lost their citizenship - does not include wives)
cara cognātiō
The festive of relatives on the 22nd of February
pater, patris, m.
father
mater, matris, f.
mother
frater, fratris, m.
brother
sorōr, sorōris, f.
sister
avus, -ī, m.
grandfather
avia, -ae, f.
grandmother
patruus, -ī, m.
uncle on the father’s side
amita, -ae, f.
aunt on father’s side
avunculus, -ī, m.
uncles on mother’s side
matertare, -ae, f.
aunt on mother’s side
nepos, nepōtis, m./f.
grandson/ granddaughter, nephew/ niece
patruelis, -is, m.
first cousin on father’s side
consōbrīnus (a), -ī(ae)
first cousin on mother’s side
prōpior sobrinō/sōbeīnā
a parent’s cousin (second cousin)
sōbrīnus (a), -ī (ae)
son or daughter of a parent’s cousin (third cousin)
ius osculī
right to kiss
(persons within the sixth degree of familial relation have this)
adfinitās
relation through marraige
adfinēs
relatives through marriage only
gener, generī, m.
son-in-law
nurnus, nurūs, f.
daughter-in-law
socer, socerī, m.
father-in-law
socrus, socrūs, f.
mother-in-law
provignus, -ī, m.
stepson
provigna, -ae, f.
stepdaughter
vitricus, -ī, m.
stepfather
nōverca, -ae, f.
stepmother
ianitricēs
women who married brothers
sācra familiāria
religious services of the family
adoptiō
adoption of a fīlius familiās or son
adrogātiō
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)
patria pōtastās
same as patria maiestas, patrium ius, imperium paternum
Limitations to the patria potestās
-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
Pater Familias
Assigned his children their own property, called peculia
patrimonium profundere
to prove untrue to a pater familias’s trust
Manus
power of a man over his wife
dominica potestas
power of pater familias over slaves and inanimate objects