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the roman funeral Flashcards

1
Q

to perform funeral rites

A

iūsta facere

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2
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a burial societiy

A

collēgium funeraticium/salūtārium/iuvenum

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3
Q

honorary member of a society

A

patrōnus/-a

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4
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funeral for small children

A

fūnus acerbum

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5
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funeral with no ceremony

A

fūnus acerbum

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6
Q

plebeian funeral

A

fūnus plēbēium

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7
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funeral with no public parade

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fūnus plēbēium

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8
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25 foot deep grave pits

A

puticuli

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9
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where were puticuli

A

esquiline

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10
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boundary line for city of Roman within which no one could be buried

A

pōmērium

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11
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empty tomb

A

cenotaphium

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12
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room inclosed in a building for burying the dead

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sepulc(h)rum

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13
Q

a family tomb that had many inside

A

columbārium

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14
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trustees who erected the columbārium

A

cūrātōrēs

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15
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shares of family for paying for a columbārium

A

sortēs virīlēs

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16
Q

niches on the walls of the columbārium where the

urns were kept

A

columbāria

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17
Q

rows of niches

A

gradūs

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18
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columns of niches

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ōrdinēs

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19
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marble above the nich with the name of the dead

A

titulus

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20
Q

a sarcophagus on a podium for dead bodies

A

sarcophagus

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21
Q

garden tomb

A

cēpotaphium

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22
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storehouse or granary

A

horreum

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23
Q

trellis

A

vīneola

24
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terrace

A

sōlārium

25
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thicket of shrubbery

A

harundinētum

26
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tomb with pillars made to look like a temple

A

aedicula

27
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funeral pyre

A

būstum/rogus

28
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places for burning bodies and where ashes were collected and dried

A

ūstrīna

29
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urn or jar

A

olla

30
Q

jar to put bones in

A

ossuārium

31
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formal oration given by the oldest son of the deceased

A

conclāmātiō

32
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who gave conclāmātiō

A

oldest son

33
Q

all of the deceased’s insignia worn by him while alive

were placed on this couch

A

lectus fūnebris

34
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undertaker

A

dēsignātor/libitīnārius

35
Q

Who said: “Ollus Quiris lētō dātus. Exsequiās, quibus est commodum, īre iam tempus est. Ollus
ex aedibus effertur.”

A

said before a funeral procession by a public crier

36
Q

who were given the imagines during funeral

A

actors

37
Q

funeral oration given in the forum by a public authority

A

laudātiō

38
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funeral songs or poems

A

nēniae/naeniae

39
Q

who sung nēniae

A

female relative/praeficae

40
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hired female mourners

A

praeficiae

41
Q

ceremonial bone that was buried if the rest of the body was cremated

A

os resectum

42
Q

funeral feast that was held after the sacrifice of a pig

A

silicernium

43
Q

when was a silicernium held

A

after sacrifice of pig

44
Q

feast held after nine days of mourning

A

cēna novendiālis

45
Q

how many days after mourning until a cēna novendiālis was held

A

9

46
Q

sacrifice

A

sacrificium novendiāle

47
Q

ceremony during February 13-21

A

Parentālia/diēs parentālēs

48
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ceremony during feb 21

A

Fērālia

49
Q

day of Fērālia

A

feb 21

50
Q

days of Parentālia/diēs parentālēs

A

February 13-21

51
Q

festival of the dead

A

Fērālia

52
Q

days of obligation (leading up to feralia)

A

Parentālia/diēs parentālēs

53
Q

ceremony at the end of March

A

Violāria

54
Q

what happened during Violāria

A

relatives laid violets on the grave

55
Q

ceremony at the end of may

A

Rosāria

56
Q

what happened during Rosāria

A

relatives laid roses on the grave

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