11. Betrothal—Marriage—Divorce

_filiam alicui despondere_—to betroth one's daughter to some one.

_sibi (aliquam) despondere_ (of the man)—to betroth oneself, get

engaged.

_nuptias conciliare_ (Nep. Att. 5. 3)—to arrange a marriage.

_nuptias parare_—to make preparations for a marriage.

_condicio (uxoria)_ (Phil. 2. 38. 99)—a match.

_ducere uxorem_—to marry (of the man).

_ducere aliquam in matrimonium_—to marry (of the man).

_nubere alicui_—to marry (of the woman).

_nuptam esse cum aliquo_ or _alicui_—to be married to some one.

_uxorem habere_ (Verr. 3. 33. 76)—to be a married man.

_dotem filiae dare_—to give a dowry to one's daughter.

_filiam alicui in matrimonio_ or _in matrimonium collocare_ or simply

_filiam alicui collocare_—to give one's daughter in marriage to

some-one.

_filiam alicui in matrimonium dare_—to give one's daughter in marriage

to some-one.

_filiam alicui nuptum dare_—to give one's daughter in marriage to

some-one.

_nuntium remittere alicui_ (De Or. 1. 40)—to separate, be divorced

(used of man or woman).

_repudium dicere_ or _scribere alicui_—to separate, be divorced (used

of man or woman).

_divortium facere cum uxore_—to separate from, divorce (of the man).

_aliquam suas res sibi habere_[1] _iubere_ (Phil. 2. 28. 69)—to

separate from, divorce (of the man).

_repudium_[2] _remittere viro_ (Dig. 24. 3)—to separate (of the woman).

[1] The formula of divorce used by the man was _tuas res tibi habeto_,

cf. Plaut. Trin. 266.

[2] Cicero uses _divortium_ not _repudium_. _divortium_ (_dis,

vertere_) is a separation by mutual consent, _divortium est, quod in

diversas partes eunt, qui discedunt_ (Paul. Dig. L. 16. 1. 161). In

_repudium_ one party takes the initiative, usually the husband. The

formula commonly used was _tua condicione non utar_.

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