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confarreo

confarreo, to marry by the ceremony of the cake (confarreatio, the offering of a cake of spelt, of which the parties partook)

con-farrĕo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [farreus],
  • to connect in marriage (by making an offering of bread; cf. confarreatio; very rare): confarreandi adsuetudo, Tac. A. 4, 16: dum confarreatur, Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 374: confarreatis parentibus geniti, Tac. A. 4, 16: matrimonium confarreaturus, Ap. Met. 10, 29, 2.

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