confarreatio

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Τὸ μανθάνειν δ' ἥδιστον εὖ λέγοντος, εἰ κέρδος λέγοι → It is the sweetest thing to learn from one speaking well, if they speak profitably

Sophocles, Antigone, 1031-2

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

confarrĕātĭo: ōnis, f. confarreo,
I an ancient solemn manner of marrying among the Romans, in which was an offering of bread far in the presence of the Pontifex Maximus, or Flamen Dialis, and ten witnesses (opp. diffarreatio), Gai. Inst. 1, 112; Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 10; Arn. 4, 140; Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 31; id. ad Verg. A. 4, 339 and 374; cf. Ulp. Fragm. 9, 1; Inscr. Orell. 2648; Dict. of Antia. >