relationship Copy link Outline A. Lit.1. prŏpinquĭtas2. proxĭmĭtas (very near r.)3. cognātio (r. by birth)4. agnātio (r. on the father's side)5. affīnĭtas (r. by marriage)6. nĕcessĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. (any bond of connection, whether friendship or r.)7. nĕcessĭtas (syn. of preced.)8. consanguĭnĭtas (blood r.)9. gentīlĭtas (r. by bearing the same gentile name)10. conjunctio (connection)11. germānĭtas (prop. brotherhoodB. Fig.1. cognātio2. affīnĭtas (union, connection)3. vīcīnĭtas (near likeness)4. conjunctio • relationship: A. Lit.: 1. prŏpinquĭtas: close r., p. arcta, Plin. Ep. 4, 4: noble r., nobilis p., Nep. Dion. 1, 2: united by the bonds of r., vinculis propinquitatis conjunctus, Cic. Planc. 11, 27. 2. proxĭmĭtas (very near r.): the one relies upon the will, the other upon his very close r., hic testamento, ille proximitate nititur, Quint. 3, 6, 95: Ov. 3. cognātio (r. by birth): a cousin by r., cognatione patruelis, Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: to stand in close r. to any one, propinqua cognatione aliquem attingere, id. Verr. 2, 10, 27; cum aliquo conjunctum esse, Nep. praef. 7: degrees of r., gradus cognationis, Just. Inst. 3, 6, 11: r. in an ascending or descending line, c. superior, inferior, id. ib. 3, 6, init.: collateral r., c. ex transverso, id. ib. 4. agnātio (r. on the father's side): the right of r. is established by adoption also, per adoptionem quoque agnationis jus consistit, Just. Inst. 3, 2, 2: Cic. 5. affīnĭtas (r. by marriage): to unite oneself with any one through a marriage r., affinitate se devincire cum aliquo, Cic. Brut. 26, 98: to enter into r. with any one, a. jungere, Liv. 1, 1, ad med.; contrahere, Vell. 2, 44, 3; inter se astringere, Pl. Trin. 3, 2, 73; in affinitatem pervenire, Nep. Att. 19, 2: to be connected with any one by the bonds of r., per a. connexam esse alicui, Tac. A. 6, 36. 6. nĕcessĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. (any bond of connection, whether friendship or r.): the ties of r., necessitudinis causae, Cic. Planc. 11, 27: the r. of children, liberorum necessitudines, id. Fam. 13, 10, 1. 7. nĕcessĭtas (syn. of preced.): Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 66. 8. consanguĭnĭtas (blood r.): nearly connected by r., consanguinitate propinquus, Virg. Aen. 2, 86. 9. gentīlĭtas (r. by bearing the same gentile name): the rights of race and r., stirpis et gentilitatis jura, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 176. 10. conjunctio (connection): the r. of brothers, fratrum c., Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: of marriage, id. Fam. 1, 7, 11. Join: necessitudo et c., id. Phil. 13, 5, 11. 11. germānĭtas (prop. brotherhood: hence, r. of kindred races; rare): owing to that r. they had a brotherly affection for them, ab ea germanitate fraternam sibi cum iis caritatem esse, Liv. 37, 56. Phr.: to be far removed in point of r., longissimo gradu esse, Just. Inst. 3, 6, 11: to be connected with any one by blood r., alicui sanguine cohaerere, Auct. in Quint. 8, 3, 75. B. Fig.: 1. cognātio: the natural r. of things that are far apart, distantium rerum naturalis c., Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34: the r. of studies and arts, c. studiorum et artium, id. Verr. 4, 37, 81: all the arts have a common bond, and are connected by r., omnes artes habent quoddam vinculum et quasi cognatione inter se continentur, id. Arch. 1, 2: to have a connection or r., habere aliquam necessitudinem aut c., id. Or. 56, 186. 2. affīnĭtas (union, connection): the r. of men's bodies and minds, a. corporibus hominum mentibusque, Gell. 4, 13: Quint. 3. vīcīnĭtas (near likeness): the close r. of arts and studies, artium studiorumque quasi finitima v., Cic. Brut. 42, 156: v. resemblance. 4. conjunctio: v. CONNECTION.