“family” in Latin

familia (general term): servitium: servi et servae (the slaves, male and female): famuli et famulae (the servants or attendants, male and female). My family, mei (Vid: Gierig. Plin., Ep., 5, 6, 46), (1) In a more confined sense, the parents with their children together with the servants, familia: domus (house = family, as in English); or, the children only, liberi, proles, progenies, stirps: have you a family? num liberis auctus es? (2) In a wider sense; a whole family with all the relations belonging to it, gens, also genus (the whole family, as the Cornelian): familia (a part, branch of the gens; thus the gens Cornelia embraced the families of the Scipiones, the Lentuli, etc.): stirps (the root of a gens, familia; i. e., the first ancestors from which these sprung; e.g., of the family of Priam, de Priami stirpe): cognati (general term relations): of a good family, *generosa stirpe ortus (of noble descent); honesto loco natus (of honorable descent): of an old family, antiquo genere natus: a man that is not of a noble family, homo sine gente: belonging to a family, gentilis (of persons and things); gentilicius (of things): concerned with, suited to, or happening in a family, gentilicius; familiaris; domesticus (domestic); privatus (private; both as opposed to publicus); (The words are found in this connection and order.) domesticus ac privatus: intestinus (occurring within a family and confined to it, opposed to externus): with which adjectives all connections with “family” may be rendered in Latin, of which the most common are subjoined: family affairs, domesticae res ac privatae: a family compact, foedus domesticum: a family inheritance, hereditas gentis or gentilicia (PROP.); gentile bonum (figuratively; that has always been in the family; Vid: Tac., Ann., 2, 37, 5): a family fault or defect, vitium avitum: a family secret, arcana domus; to reveal it, vulgare (Tac., Ann., 1, 6, 3): a family picture, *imago gentilicia: Family concerns, negotia familiaria: members of a family, domestici (in a confined sense); gentiles (in an extended sense): all the family, totius cognationis grex (Curt., 8, 2, 31): Family tomb; Vid: “family TOMB :” family estate, *praedium gentilicium: the head of a family, pater familias: family quarrel, *discordia familiae, domesticorum; discordiae, quibus domus evertitur: discordia intestina; *dissensio gentilium, etc.: a family name, nomen gentile or gentilicium (Suet., Ner., 41; Claud. 25): a sacrifice peculiar to a family, sacra (sacrificia) gentilicia: a family council, consilium familiare: family right, jus gentium; jura familiaria (neuter plur.): the glory of a family, gloria domestica: the disgrace of the family., nota gentilicia; commune familiae dedecus: a family seal, signum gentis (after Suet., Oct., 94): family cares, domesticae cuiae: to free from family cares, domesticis curis levare aliquem: family pride, spiritus gentilicii (after Liv., 4, 42): a family party, cena familiaris (Vid: Suet., Tit., 9; aliquem cenae familiari adhibere: i. e., to introduce to the family): a family in mourning, familia funesta: family records, tabulae gentiliciae: the place in which family records are kept, tablinum: to be the father of a family, liberos habere; liberis auctum esse: family connection, domesticus usus et consuetudo; privata consilia, orum, neuter (Vid: Liv. 1, 42); privatae necessitudines; necessitudo (Vid: Herz., Sall., Cat., 17, 3): a loss sustained by a family, clades domestica: family arms, *insigne gentilicium: Many noble families are put in mourning by this event (newspaper), multae et clarae lugubres domus (Liv. 3, 32).

FAMILY WORSHIP, domestica religio (Suet., Claud., 12): sacra privata (plur., PROP.; private sacrifice, etc.). To celebrate family worship, *privatim sacris operari.

A family physician, medicus domesticus et familiaris. Family medicine, *medicamentum domestico usui destinatum.

A friend of the family’s, familiaris amicus; familiaris: perfamiliaris: alicujus familiae amicissimus.