Weddings Flashcards
1
Q
tunica recta
A
white wedding dress
2
Q
flammeum
A
“saffron” colored veil
3
Q
sponsalia
A
engagement
4
Q
dos
A
dowry
5
Q
“ubi tu Gaius, ego Gaia”
A
what bride says at ceremony - “where you are, my husband, i am”
6
Q
when a girl would dedicate her bulla to the Lares
A
night before the wedding
7
Q
pronuba
A
matron of honor
8
Q
bad luck to marry on
A
the kalends, nones, ides (and the day after each) of any month; all of May and half of June were all unlucky days; also unlucky, the days the lower world was supposed to open - August 24, October 5, November 8
9
Q
usus
A
common law marriage
10
Q
coemptio
A
fictitious sale of the bride
11
Q
confarreatio
A
upper class marriage ceremony
12
Q
deductio
A
procession of wedding party to forum
