| A | B |
|---|
| aedes | less-elaborate temple |
| aedicula | small shrine (in atrium or peristyle); niche for an idol |
| delubrum | a shrine (for atoning) |
| fanum | temple complex (with land around it) |
| imagines | death masks (images) of ancestors in atrium of a house |
| sacellum | small chapel for household gods |
| templum | more-elaborate temple |
| auspex | told omen by means of watching birds |
| fulgurator | interpreter of lightning |
| haruspex | told omens by means of organs (esp. liver) of sacrificed animals |
| pontifex | high priest (who determined dates of festivals) |
| sacerdos | priest of a sacred place |
| salii | "leaping" priests of Mars |
| tibicen | flute-player (prevented sounds of ill omens) |
| victimarius (popa) | junior priest who killed and dissected a sacrifice |
| apex | cone-shaped hat worn by famines (priests) |
| fates | gods of destiny |
| furies | female spirits carrying out vengeance of gods on men |
| genius loci | spirit of a place |
| Penates (Lares) | protective spirits of a household |
| fuscous (English) | having a brownish-gray or dusky color |
| fuscus | dark, dusky |
| gibbous (English) | convex, rounded; humpbacked |
| gibbus | hump |
