Vocabulary 3 Flashcards
Tunica Lati Clavi (Laticlavia)
Tunic of a Senator with a broad purple stripe
Tunica Recta/Regilla
Put on by bride before she went to sleep the night before her wedding, and worn during wedding
Tunicae Manicatae
Tunics with sleeves that go down to the wrists
Tunicae Talares
Tunics falling to the ankles
Tyrotarichus
Made of salt, fish, eggs, and cheese
Ulmus
Preferred tree for wrapping vines around
Umbilicus
Handlebar for a scroll
Umbo
Curbstone
Umbraculum/Umbella
Parasol
Umbrae
Uninvited dinner guests that invited guests brought with them
Unctorium
Room for anointing and rubbing with oil from the baths
Univira
Only having been married to one man, and living with that man in a state of undisturbed wedlock
Ustrina
Crematorium
Usus
Earliest plebeian form of wedding, common law style
Valvae
Shutters
Vela
Awnings
Velum
Curtain sometimes placed on the doorway between Vestibulum and Atrium
Venatio
Wild beast hunt
Ventralia
Woolen strips wrapped around the body of the infirm
Vernae
Slaves born into a household
Verres
Pig
Versus Fescennini
Coarse verses recited during the deductio
Vesperna
Light supper eaten in early times in the city and all times in the country
Vestes Sericae
Silk garments, usually half linen half silk
Vestibulum
Courtyard between the entrance and Atrium in rich ppl’s houses, where Salutatio took place
Vestimenta Clausa
Closed clothing
Vestiplicus
Slave who folded his master’s toga
Vestis Cenatoria/Cenatorium
Term for clothing worn at dinner (e.g. Synthesis)
Vestis Mutatio
Common form of demonstration of sympathy with a fallen leader, magistrates wore Toga Virilis and normal citizens wore Toga Pulla
Vicarius
Slave’s slave
Vilica
Vilicus’ wife in charge of female slaves
Vilica
Vilicus’ wife, in charge of getting eggs from the chickens
Vilicus
Slave in charge of the other slaves on a farm
Vilicus
Overseer on a country estate
Vinalia Rustica
Festival starting August 19th, anticipated the harvest of grapes and making of wine
Vinaria Cella
Wine cellar
Vinum
Fermented wine
Vitricus
Step-father
Vitta/Taenia/Fasciola
Ribbon, used for a woman’s hair
Volumen
Scroll
Vopiscus
Praenomen only used by gens Iulia, but went out of use early
Xystus
Type of garden, a parterre of trim flowerbeds in geometrical designs
Zona/Cingulum
Girdle
Panis Rusticus
Bread made of coarse flour, flour and bran, or bran alone
Panis Siligineus
Best bread made of pure wheat flour
Panis Sordidus
Bread made of coarse flour, flour and bran, or bran alone
Parentalia
13-21 of February, the last day was called the Feralia, to celebrate the dead
Paries
Wall
Paries Caementicus
A wall made with Opus Caementicum
Parma
Small shield used by Thracian gladiator
Pater Familias
Head of the household
Patria Maiestas
Same as Patria potestas
Patria Potestas
Power of the paterfamilias over his family
Patrium Ius
Same as Patria potestas
Patronus
What master became once a slave was freed
Pavimentum
Originally a floor made of pounded down potsherds, but came to be the name for all floors
Peculium
Slave’s personal belongings
Peculium
Possessions of those Alieno Iuri Subiecti
Pedisequi
Went with boy to school
Pedisequi
Slaves to carry rich children’s stuff home from school
Pergula
Gallery attached to a public building, where school might be held
Pergulae
Arbors, on which vines were hung
Peristylium
Court at the rear of the Tablinum surrounded by rooms set with flowers and trees
Perones
Lower class shoes
Pessuli
Side bolts for an outer door
Petoritum
Carriage used to carry spoil in a triumph
Pilentum
Four-wheeled carriage used for state functions
Pilleus
A hat worn by a slave for sale in lieu of a titulus meaning the buyer took all risks, also cap of freedom
Pilleus
Tall felt cap worn by people who work outdoors all day
Pinsitores/Pistores
People who crushed grain, hence the Cognomen Piso
Piscina
Pool in the baths near the palaestra
Pistores
Bakers
Plaustrum
Transfer wagon
Poculum
Goblet
Podium
Marble platform at Circus with boxes for magistrates
Pontifex Maximus
Chief of the pontifices, office generally held by the emperor
por
Suffix preceding owners name in genitive, in the name of a slave
por
Followed a master’s name in the genitive to make the name of his slave
Porca
Pig
Porcus
Pig
Porta Libitinensis
Gate through which dead gladiators were removed from the Amphitheater
Porta Pompae
Gate through which the procession of chariots entered the Circus
Porta Triumphalis
Gate through which the victorious chariot racers left
Postes
Doorposts often decorated with marble in elaborate designs
Posticum
Back door
Praecinctio
Semicircular passage between upper and lower cunei
Praetor
Judge
Prandium
Lunch
Prelum/Torcular
Wine press
Primordia
Days of a child’s life before the dies lustricus
Primus Palus
Gladiator at the top of his class
Privignus/a
Step-child
Procurator
Replaced Atriensis as purchaser of household goods
Prolusio
Sham gladiator fight with fake swords
Promulsis
Appetizer, given this name because Mulsum was drunk
Pronuba
Maid of honor, had to be univira
Puls
Porridge
Puppus/a
What a child was called before dies lustricus
Purpura
Only artificial color used in late Republic, varied from the color garnet
Puticuli
Grave pits of the lower classes
Q.
Quintus
Quadriga
Four-horse chariot
Quindecemviri
Charged with protecting the Sibylline books
Raeda
Covered wagon used for travel, pulled by two or four horses
Repotia
Second wedding feast in the house of the groom the day after
Repudium Renuntiare
To break off an engagement
Retiarii
Gladiators who fought with a heavy net and trident
Reticulae
Nets, used for a woman’s hair
Rex Sacrorum
Priest who took over king’s duties in Republic
Rex/Magister/Arbiter Bibendi
Person in charge of determining the proportion of water in the wine at a party
Rhombus
Turbot
Rogus
Funeral pyre
Rudis
Wooden sword given to gladiator who was freed
Rudus
Layer of concrete and rubble, used in a wall
S. (Sp.)
Spurius
Sacrarium
Private Chapel
Sacrificium Novendiale
Sacrifice made 9 days after the funeral
Sagina Gladitoria
Special gladiator food
Sagum
Military cloak
Salii
Dancing priests of Mars
Salii Collini
Like the Salii but for Quirinus
Salutatio
Where clients gathered at a patronus’ house to greet him
Salutatio
Time when the patron met his clients
Scaena
Stage
Scapus
Standard unit of measure for paper
Schedae
Sheets of papyrus
Scrinium
Scroll box
Scrofa
Pig
Scutica
Lash
Scutum
Long shield, worn by Samnite gladiators
Secunda Mensa
Desert
Secundus Palus
Gladiator second in his class
Sedile
Seat
Seiuges
Six-horse chariot
Sella
Stool for an ordinary person to sit on
Sella Curulis
Had Curved legs of ivory, was for magistrates, folded up for convenience
Semita
Foot path
Septeiuges
Seven-horse chariot
Ser.
Servius
Serae
Bars for an outer door
Servi Privati
Slaves owned by individuals
Servi Publici
Slaves owned by the state
Sex.
Sextus
Sigma
Semi-circular couch made for a round table
Signum
Seal, used to seal letter
Silicernium
Food eaten by the mourners at a funeral
Sinus
Pocket of the toga at the breast where the fold crossed over
Socer
Father-in-law
Socrus
Mother-in-law
Solarium
Sunbathing room
Soleae
Sandals or slippers
Soleas Poscere
To get ready to leave
Solium
Stiff, straight, high-backed chair with solid arms, patron used it when receiving Clientes
Solum
Floor, in poorer houses made by smoothing the dirt between the walls
Sordidati
People wearing the Toga Pulla
Spatium
Lap in the Circus
Spina
Ran down the middle of the Circus for about 2/3 of it’s length
Spina Alba
Wedding torch of white thorn
Sponsalia
Betrothal
Sportula
Gift of cold food from patron to client
Statumen
Foundation for a wall
Stola
Distinctive dress of a Roman matron
Stola Matronalis
What a married woman wore out of the house
Strigilis
Scraper
Strophium
Soft sash-like leather band, worn by women
Suasoria
Intermediate step between Narratio and Declamatio, taught by a rhetor
Sub Hasta/Corona Venire
To be sold as a slave
Subligaculum
Loin-cloth, or perhaps short shorts
Subsellium
Bench, used in Curia, by jurors in court, and by boys at school
Sudaria
Handkerchiefs
Sui Iuris
Independent
Suovetaurilia
Sacrifice of a pig, sheep, and bull
Sus
Pig
Susceptio
Act of a father raising his child to acknowledge him, immediately after the birth of the child
Sutor
Shoe-maker
Synthesis
Dinner dress worn at the table, Amictus, not worn out of the house except at Saturnalia
T.
Titus
Tabellarii
Slaves who delivered letters for their masters
Tabernae Deversoriae
Public inns, which travellers would only use as a last resort
Tablinum
Walled with boards (tabulae), originally had no door to the atrium but a separate outside door
Tali
Knucklebones used as dice, 5 were thrown at a time
Tectum
Roof
Tegulae
Roof-tiles
Tempestiva Convivia
Banquets beginning before the ninth hour
Tepidarium
Warm room in the baths
Tessera Hospitalis
Tokens exchanged by hospites
Tesserae
Dice, like our own
Testudo
Metal heater used to heat the Alveus
Thermae
Final name for the baths
Ti.
Tiberius
Tibialia
Fasciae that covered the lower part of the leg
Tiro
Name for a gladiator before his first public appearance
Tirocinium Fori
Apprenticeship
Titulus
Sign hung from the neck of a slave for sale, contained age, nationality, and freedom from defects
Titulus
Connected to the last sheet, containing the title and author
Toga Candida/Splendens
Chalked white toga of a candidate for public office
Toga Picta
Wholly crimson, embroidered with gold, for a triumphing general
Toga Praetexta
Toga worn by Curule Magistrates, Censors, and Dictators, also by boys, purple border
Toga Praetexta
Toga worn by children
Toga Pulla
Dingy toga worn by someone in mourning or threatened by some great calamity