confarreatio

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μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.

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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. >