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Latin I Culture (1st Semester Exam-FAMILY, SLAVERY, HOUSING)*
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pater | father |
mater | mother |
liberi | children |
soror | sister |
frater | brother |
pater familias | father of the household |
patria potestas | the power of the father of life and death over his family |
bulla | good luck charm |
praenomen | first name |
nomen | family name |
cognoman | third name, nickname |
servus | male slave |
ancilla | female slave |
dominus/a | master/mistress |
vilicus | overseer (head slave) |
mangones | slavedealers |
placard | told what a slave could do |
chalk | used to indicate a new slave |
reason most people became slaves | prisoner of war |
FUG | branded on a runaway slave's forehead (fugitivus) |
cubiculum | bedroom |
culina | kitchen |
tablinum | master's study |
taberna | shop |
vestibulum | entranceway |
compluvium | hole in ceiling that let water in |
atrium | main area of house |
ianua | door |
lares | household gods |
fresco | painting on wet plaster |
mosaic | decoration using small pieces of tile (tesserae) |
villa rustica | countryhouse and farm |
domus | city house |
insula | apartment building, prone to fires |
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