| A | B |
| alae | wings of the house |
| arca | locked safe kept in father's study |
| atrium | entry hall/reception area |
| compluvium | hole in ceiling for rain and light to enter |
| cubiculum | bedroom |
| culina | kitchen |
| ianua | door |
| imagines | wax masks of ancestors |
| impluvium | basin in atrium to catch rainwater |
| lararium | household shrine to worship the Lares and Penates |
| latrina | bathroom |
| lectus | couch/bed/dining couch |
| pecunia | money |
| peristylium | colonnaded open area with garden |
| piscina | fish pond located in peristylium |
| taberna | some type of shop |
| tablinum | father's study |
| vestibulum | passage to atrium from ianua |
| ancilla | slave woman |
| cliens | one who is of lower social order than the patron in a socical/political/economic relationship |
| liberi | children |
| mater | mother |
| pater | father |
| servus | slave |
| cena | dinner |
| gustatio | appetizer course |
| ientaculum | breakfast |
| prandium | lunch |
| secunda mensa | dessert |
| vinum | wine |
| coquere | to cook |
| dormire | to sleep |
| edere | to eat |
| ludere | to play |
| salutare | to greet |
| scribere | to write |