TEACHER TYPES
Basic word for "teacher"
MAGISTER (MAGISTRA)
Latin word for "paper"
PAPYRUS
Latin word, borrowed from Greek, for "school"
SCHOLA
A female forced laborer who tutored, taught, or guided students to school was the...
PAEDAGOGA
A third-level teacher
RHETOR
Latin word for "book"
LIBER
Native Latin word for "school"
LUDUS
The female equivalent to a "magister" was a...
MAGISTRA
A first level teacher
MAGISTER LUDI/LITTERATOR (MAGISTRA LUDI/ LITTERATRIX)
Latin for the tool used to put ink on paper
PENNA/CALAMUS
Latin word for military service
MILITIA
A female second-level teacher was a...
GRAMMATICA
A second-level teacher
GRAMMATICUS (GRAMMATICA)
Latin for a wax-covered writing tablet
TABULA (CERA)
Latin phrase meaning "in the home" (not "in the house")
IN DOMU
THIRD/FINAL
The master of an apprentice
Latin for "ink"
ATRAMENTUM
Latin word for apprenticeship
TIROCINIUM
Upper-class Roman women generally received educations so that...
THEY COULD BE ATTRACTIVE TO A POTENTIAL HUSBAND