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Family
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Paterfamilias | Head of household |
| Materfamilias | Pater's wife |
| Praenomen | Given name |
| Nomen | Family name |
| Cognomen | Family branch name |
| Liberia | Free born |
| Filius | Son (free) |
| Filia | Daughter (free) |
| Tutor/Paedagogus | Slave that watches over children |
| Nutrix | Nurses the kids |
| Vilicus | Slave that watches over the farms |
| Ornatrix | Slave that decorates paterfamilias |
| Coquus | Female slave, manual labor |
| Liberti | Born slave, then freed |
| Manumission | Legally freeing someone |
| Suscpetio | Lifts baby up and presents it to God |
| Ludus Litterarius | School |
| Ludus Grammaticus | Taught by someone to read them Greek and Roman |
| Tirocinium | Apprenticeship |
| Funus | Funeral |