cornelia's wedding vocab (save me)

toga preatexta

A type of Roman toga that is decorated with stripes.

bulla

luck charm, locket

mundus muliebris

The jewelry, perfumes, toilet articles, and attire of the grown up woman.

tunica alba

white tunic

reticulum

yellow hairnet

flammeum

orange veil

nuptiae

wedding ceremony

pronuba

married woman

nuptiae

wedding ceremony

atrium

The atrium is the main central room of a Roman house, often serving as a reception area, featuring an open roof and a pool of water for collecting rain.

auspex

officiating priest

tabulas nuptiales obsignare

signing of marrige contract

dextras iungere

joining of right hands in marriage

Feliciter

good luck

deductio

the procession of the bride to her new home after the wedding ceremony.

taedae

the wedding torches used in Roman marriage ceremonies.

nuces

nuts

super limen

the threshold over which the bride is carried during the wedding ceremony.

vitta

ribbon

myrtus

myrtle

laurus

bay (tree), laurel

orno

decorate

ara

altar

sacra

religous rites, sacrifices

rite

properly

auspex, auspicis

augur, officiating priest

exta

the inner organs of sacrificial animals

dextra

right hand

nova, nupta

bride

ne laberatur

so she wouldn’t stumble

iungo, iungere, iunxi, iunctus

to join

ardeo, arderer, arsi, arsurus

to burn, blaze