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Wife's father, Soccr. 



" mother, Socru's. 



" prundfather, Socer magnus. 



" grandmother, Socrus magna. 



Step-fatlier, Vitricus. 



^^ mother, Noverca. 



SO") Privignus, 



" daughter, Privigna. 



Sonin-law, Gener. 



Daughter-in-law, Nurus. 



Brother-in-law (husband's brother), Levir. 



" " (sister's husband), Maritus sororis. 



" " (wife's brother), Uxoris frater. 



Sister-in-law (wife's sister), Uxoris soror. 



" " (husband's sister), Gloss. 



" " (brother's wife), Fratria. 



Relatives by father's side, Agnati. 



" " mother's side, Cognati. 



" " marriage, Affines. 



Each collateral line, when fully extended, reaches to " trinepos," who 

 is the sixth descendant in each line. If desirable to trace the line be- 

 yond him, he is made a new starting-point in the description, namely, 

 '-'■fratris trinepotis Jilms" and on to ^\fratris trinepotis trinepos," who 

 is the twelfth descendant of my brother. In like manner, in the as- 

 cending series, " tritavus " becomes a new starting-point, which gives 

 first " tritavi pater" the father of tritavus, and on to tritavi tritavus, 

 wlio is the twelfth ancestor of Ego. This exhausts the capacity of the 

 nomenclature of this admirable system. 



It will be observed that consanguinei are bound together in virtue 

 of their descent, through married pairs, from common ancestors ; that 

 they are divided into a lineal and several collateral lines ; and that the 

 collateral are perpetually divergent from the lineal. The relationship 

 of each person to the central Ego is accurately defined, and preserved 

 distinct by means of a descriptive phrase. With the exception of the 

 primary terms of relationship, which are those for father and mother, 

 son and daughter, brother and sister, grandparent and grandchild, and 

 husband and wife ; and with the further exception of the terms for 

 uncle and aunt which are found in the Sanskritic, Hellenic, Romaic, 

 Germanic, and Slavonic stock-languages ; and also with the exception of 

 nepos and its cognates, which has an eccentric use, — the remainder of the 

 system describes persons, leaving the relationship to implication. As 

 before stated, the system, in its immediate origin, was purely descriptive. 

 The Erse and Gaelic, which have no terms for uncle, aunt, nephew, 

 niece, or cousin, is more strictly than the Roman the typical system 

 of the Aryan family. This system will be dismissed without further 



