AFFĪNES, AFFĪNĬTAS, or ADFĪNES, ADFĪNĬTAS. Affines are the _cognati_ [COGNATI] of husband and wife, the cognati of the husband becoming the affines of the wife, and the cognati of the wife the affines of the husband. The father of a husband is the _socer_ of the husband’s wife, and the father of a wife is the _socer_ of the wife’s husband. The term _socrus_ expresses the same affinity with respect to the husband’s and wife’s mothers. A son’s wife is _nurus_, or daughter-in-law to the son’s parents; a wife’s husband is _gener_, or son-in-law to the wife’s parents. Thus the _avus_, _avia_--_pater_, _mater_--of the wife became by the marriage respectively the _socer magnus_, _prosocrus_, or _socrus magna_--_socer_, _socrus_--of the husband, who becomes with respect to them severally _progener_ and _gener_. In like manner the corresponding ancestors of the husband respectively assume the same names with respect to the son’s wife, who becomes with respect to them _pronurus_ and _nurus_. The son and daughter of a husband or wife born of a prior marriage are called _privignus_ and _privigna_, with respect to their step-father or step-mother; and with respect to such children, the step-father and step-mother are severally called _vitricus_ and _noverca_. The husband’s brother becomes _levir_ with respect to the wife, and his sister becomes _glos_ (the Greek γάλως). Marriage was unlawful among persons who had become such affines as above mentioned. ĂGALMA (ἄγαλμα) is a general name for a statue or image to represent a god. ĂGĀSO, a groom, whose business it was to take care of the horses. The word is also used for a driver of beasts of burden, and is sometimes applied to a slave who had to perform the lowest menial duties. ĂGĂTHŎERGI (ἀγαθοεργοί). In time of war the kings of Sparta had a body-guard of three hundred of the noblest of the Spartan youths (ἱππεῖς), of whom the five eldest retired every year, and were employed for one year under the name of _Agathoergi_, in missions to foreign states. ĂGĔLA (ἀγέλη), an assembly of young men in Crete, who lived together from their eighteenth year till the time of their marriage. An _agela_ always consisted of the sons of the most noble citizens, and the members of it were obliged to marry at the same time. ĂGĒMA (ἄγημα from ἄγω), the name of a chosen body of troops in the Macedonian army, usually consisting of horsemen.