Notes - The Roman Family

Question 1

alieno iuri subiectus

Answer 1

dependent

Question 2

tutor

Answer 2

guardian of underage son or unmarried daughter if pater familias dies

Question 3

gens

Answer 3

group of people with same nomen - common ancestor through males

Question 4

gentiles

Answer 4

members of a gens - gens distributed property of a member who died sine prole (without child) 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 (immediate relatives)

Question 8

cōgnātiō

Answer 8

blood relation – no legal rights

Question 9

cara cognātiō

Answer 9

22nd of February

Question 10

pater, patris, m.

Answer 10

father

Question 11

mater, matris, f.

Answer 11

mother

Question 12

frater, fratris, m.

Answer 12

brother

Question 13

soror, ororis, f.

Answer 13

sister

Question 14

avus, avi, m.

Answer 14

grandfather

Question 15

avia, aviae, f.

Answer 15

grandmother

Question 16

patruus, patrui, m.

Answer 16

uncle on father’s side

Question 17

amita, amitae, f.

Answer 17

aunt on father’s side

Question 18

avunculus, avunculi, m.

Answer 18

uncle on mother’s side

Question 19

matertera, materterae, f.

Answer 19

aunt on mother’s side

Question 20

nepos, nepotis, m./f.

Answer 20

grandson/granddaughter, nephew/neice

Question 21

patruelis, patruelis, m.

Answer 21

first cousin on father’s side

Question 22

consobrinus(a), consobrini(ae)

Answer 22

first cousin on mother’s side

Question 23

propior sobrino/ sobrina

Answer 23

a parent’s cousin (second cousin)

Question 24

sobrinus(a), sobrini(ae)

Answer 24

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

Question 25

ius osculi

Answer 25

right to kiss - persons within the sixth degree of familial relation have this