noun · femininefirst declension
familia
familia f (genitive familiae or familiās)
Classical[faˈmɪ.li.a]Ecclesiastical[faˈmiː.li.a]
№ 943 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- femininea household (all persons subject to the control of one man (whether relations, freedmen or slaves))
- femininethe slaves of a household, servants
- femininea group of slaves stationed in one place; a brigade, gang (used for some purpose)
- feminineone's personal retinue
- femininea family, kin (a group of people closely related to one another)
Hae familiae Nōē iū̆xtā populōs et nātiōnēs suās. Ab hīs dīvīsae sunt gentēs in Terrā post dīluvium.
These are the families of Noah, according to their peoples and tribes. From them split the nations on Earth after the deluge.Vulgate, Genesis 10.32 - femininean intellectual school (e.g., of philosophy)
- femininean estate (sometimes distinct from pecūnia and possibly restricted to rēs mancipī)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
omnēs quī in ūnā domō habitant: pater, māter, līberī, servī quoque.familia -ae f — in Mille Verba, Domus et Familia
family
familia -ae — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 2, 8, 15, 16, 18, 21
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Ædificium · Domus · Ædes · Familia
1. Ædificium is the generic term for buildings of all sorts, like οἰκοδόμημα; domus, and ædes, ædium, mean ‘a dwelling-house;’ domus, as the residence and home of a family; ædes (αἴθω, αἴθουσα), as composed of several apartments, like δόμοι, δώματα. Virg. G. ii. 461. Ingentem foribus domus alta superbis mane salutantum totis vomit ædibus undam. (vi. 8.) 2. Domus denotes ‘a family’ in the patriarchal sense, as a separate society, of which the individuals are mutually connected; familia, in a political sense, as part of a gens, civitas, or populus. (v. 301.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | familia | familiae |
| genitive | familiae familiās | familiārum |
| dative | familiae | familiīs |
| accusative | familiam | familiās |
| ablative | familiā | familiīs |
| vocative | familia | familiae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- familia, grex, caterva histrionum
- a theatrical company.
- schola, disciplina, familia; secta
- a sect, school of thought.
- familia gladiatoria (Sest. 64. 134)
- a band, troupe of gladiators under the management of a lanista.
fămĭlĭa, ae (with pater, mater, filius, and filia, the class.
I. gen. sing. is usually in the archaic form familias; familiae also occurs, v. infra; gen.:
familiai, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 203; with the plur. of these words both the sing. and plur. of familia are used: patres familias, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 43; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120 al.: patres familiarum, Cic. Att. 7, 14, 2; Sall. C. 43, 2; 51, 9, v. infra II. A. b.—On the form patribus familiis for familiae, patrum familiarum, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183; id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48, v. Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 7), f. famulus, the slaves in a household, a household establishment, family servants, domestics (not = family, i. e. wife and children, domus, or mei, tui, sui, etc., but v. II. A. 3 infra): nescio quid male factum a nostra hic familia est ... ita senex talos elidi jussit conservis meis, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 11; 17; id. Trin. 2, 1, 28; id. Am. 4, 3, 10: neque enim dubium est, quin, si ad rem judicandum verbo ducimur, non re, familiam intelligamus, quae constet ex servis pluribus, quin unus homo familia non sit: verbum certe hoc non modo postulat, sed etiam cogit, Cic. Caecin. 19, 55; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 40, § 3; App. Mag. p. 304: vilicus familiam exerceat, Cato, R. R. 5, 2: familiae male ne sit, id. ib.: te familiae interdicere, ut uni dicto audiens esset, Cic. Rep. 1, 39: qui emeret eam familiam a Catone, id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5: cum insimularetur familia societatis ejus, id. Brut. 22, 85: conjugum et liberorum et familiarum suarum causa, id. N. D. 2, 63, 157: Petreius armat familiam, Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2: alienae se familiae venali immiscuisse, Quint. 7, 2, 26: Aesopus domino solus cum esset familia, formed the entire establishment, Phaedr. 3, 19, 1.—Of the serfs belonging to a temple: illi Larini in Martis familia numerantur, Cic. Clu. 15, 43; cf. of the serfs, vassals of Orgetorix: die constituta causae dictionis Orgetorix ad judicium omnem suam familiam, ad hominum milia decem undique coëgit, Caes. B. G. 1, 4, 2.II. Transf.
A. With the idea of house predominating.
1. In gen., a house and all belonging to it, a family estate, family property, fortune: familiae appellatio varie accepta est: nam et in res et in personas deducitur;
in res, ut puta in lege XII. tab. his verbis: AGNATVS PROXIMVS FAMILIAM HABETO, Dig. 50, 16, 195; so, SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Legg. Mosaic. et Roman. tit. 16, § 4 (cf. agnatus): idcirco qui, quibus verbis erctum cieri oporteat, nesciat, idem erciscundae familiae causam agere non possit, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; so, arbitrum familiae erciscundae postulavit, id. Caecin. 7, 19; cf.: familiae erciscundae, Dig. 10, tit. 10: decem dierum vix mihi est familia, means of support, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 36 Ruhnk.—b. Paterfamilias, materfamilias, etc., or paterfamiliae, materfamiliae, filiusfamilias, etc. (also written separately: pater familiae, mater familiae, etc.), the master of a house in respect to ownership, the proprietor of an estate, head of a family; the mistress of a house, matron; a son or daughter under the father's power, a minor: paterfamilias appellatur, qui in domo dominium habet, recteque hoc nomine appellatur, quamvis filium non habeat;
non enim solam personam ejus, sed et jus demonstramus. Denique et pupillum patremfamilias appellamus, Dig. 50, 16, 195; cf. Sandars ad Just. Inst. 1, 8 prooem.—(a). Form familias:
paterfamilias ubi ad villam venit, Cato, R. R. 2, 1: paterfamilias, Cic. Quint. 3, 11; id. Fragm. ap. Non. 497, 19 (Rep. 5, 3 ed. Mos.); Sen. Ben. 4, 27 fin.; Nep. Att. 4; 13 al.; cf., in gen., of a plain, ordinary citizen: sicut unus paterfamilias his de rebus loquor, id. de Or. 1, 29, 132; 1, 34, 159.—In plur.: patresfamilias, qui liberos habent, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 43; 16, 48; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183 al.: (Demaratus) cum de matrefamilias Tarquiniensi duo filios procreavisset, Cic. Rep. 2, 19: materfamilias, id. Cael. 13, 32: id. Top. 3, 14; Dig. 50, 16, 46 al.—In plur.: uxoris duae formae: una matrumfamilias, etc., Cic. Top. 3, 14; id. Fam. 5, 10, 1; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 62 al.— In an inverted order: familias matres, Arn. 4, 152: illum filium familias patre parco ac tenaci habere tuis copiis devinctum non potes, Cic. Cael. 15, 36: filiusfamilias, Dig. 14, 6, 1 sq. al.: tu filiafamilias locupletibus filiis ultro contulisti, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 14.—(b). Form familiae:
ex Amerina disciplina patrisfamiliae rusticani, Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 120; so, pater familiae, Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Liv. 1, 45, 4; Sen. Ep. 47 med.; Tac. Or. 22 al.: familiae mater, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 258 Müll.—In plur.: pauci milites patresque familiae, Caes. B. C. 2, 44, 1; Gracch. ap. Charis. p. 83 P.: Liv. 5, 30 fin.: matrem familiae tuam purpureum amiculum habere non sines? Liv. 34, 7, 3: mater familiae, id. 39, 53, 3; Tert. Verg. Vel. 11.— In plur.: matresfamiliae, Varr. ap. Charis. p. 83 P.; Caes. B. G. 1, 50, 4; 7, 26, 3; 7, 47, 5; id. B. C. 2, 4, 3.—(g). In gen. plur.: civium Romanorum quidam sunt patresfamiliarum, alii filiifamiliarum, quaedam matresfamiliarum, quaedam filiaefamiliarum. Patresfamiliarum sunt, qui sunt suae potestatis, sive puberes sive impuberes;
simili modo matresfamiliarum, filii vero et filiaefamiliarum, qui sunt in aliena potestate, Dig. 1, 6, 4: patresfamiliarum, Sisenn. ap. Varr. L. L. 8, § 73 Müll.; Suet. Calig. 26 fin.: matresfamiliarum, Sall. C. 51, 9: filiifamiliarum, id. ib. 43, 2; Tac. A. 3, 8; 11, 13: filiaefamiliarum, Dig. 14, 6, 9, § 2: patrumfamiliarum, ib. 50, 16, 195.—2. In respect to relationship, a family, as part of a gens:
addere nostrae lepidam famam familiae, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 98: sororem despondere in fortem familiam, id. ib. 5, 2, 9: item appellatur familia plurium personarum, quae ab ejusdem ultimi genitoris sanguine proficiscuntur, sicuti dicimus familiam Juliam. Mulier autem familiae suae et caput et finis est, Dig. 50, 16, 195 fin.: qua in familia laus aliqua forte floruerit, hanc fere, qui sunt ejusdem stirpis, cupidissime persequuntur, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 2: EX EA FAMILIA ... IN EAM FAMILIAM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Dig. 50, 16, 195: commune dedecus familiae, cognationis, nominis, Cic. Clu. 6, 16: Laeliorum et Muciorum familiae, id. Brut. 72, 252; id. Off. 2, 12 fin.: nobilissima in familia natus, id. Rep. 1, 19: ex familia vetere et illustri, id. Mur. 8, 17: primus in eam familiam attulit consulatum, id. Phil. 9, 2, 4: hospes familiae vestrae, id. Lael. 11, 37: Sulla gentis patriciae nobilis fuit, familia prope jam exstincta majorum ignavia, Sall. J. 95, 3 et saep.—b. Transf.:
libros, qui falso viderentur inscripti, tamquam subditicios, summovere familiā, permiserunt sibi, Quint. 1, 4, 3.—3. In gen., a family, the members of a household, = domus (rare):
salutem dicit Toxilo Timarchides et familiae omni, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 32: si haec non nubat, fame familia pereat, id. Cist. 1, 1, 46: ne pateretur Philippi domus et familiae inimicissimos stirpem interimere, Nep. Eum. 6, 3.—B. A company, sect, school, troop (rare but class.):
cum universi in te impetum fecissent, tum singulae familiae litem tibi intenderent, Cic. de Or. 1, 10 42: familia tota Peripateticorum, id. Div. 2, 1, 3; cf.: Aristoteles, Xenocrates, tota illa familia, id. Fin. 4, 18, 49: familiae dissentientes inter se, id. de Or. 3, 16, 21: familia gladiatorum ... familia Fausti, id. Sull. 19, 54: lanistarum, Suet. Aug. 42: tironum, a company of young soldiers, Cod. Th. 10, 1; Amm. 20, 4 med.—A troop or company of players, Plaut. Men. prol. 74.—2. Ducere familiam, in gen., to lead a company, i. e. to be at the head, be the first:
Lucius quidem, frater ejus, familiam ducit, Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 30; cf.: accedit etiam, quod familiam ducit in jure civili, singularis memoria summa scientia, id. Fam. 7, 5, 3: gravissima illa vestra sententia, quae familiam ducit, id. Fin. 4, 16, 45.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
familia ae (with pater, mater, filius, the old gen. familias is freq.), f
famulus, the slaves in a household, a household establishment, family servants, domestics : familia, quae constet ex servis pluribus: emere familiam a Catone: armare familiam, Cs.: Aesopus domino solus cum esset familia, his one servant , Ph.: Martis, serfs of the temple : omnem suam familiam undique cogere, vassals , Cs.— An estate, family property, fortune : herciscundae familiae causam agere: decem dierum vix mihi est familiā, means of support , T.— A household, family; genit . (familias or familiae), with pater, mater, or filia: pater familias, head of a family, householder : sicut unus pater familias loquor, as a plain citizen : pater familiae, Cs.: pauci milites patresque familiae, Cs.: patres familias, qui liberos habent, etc.: patres familiarum: mater familias, a matron, mistress of a household : mater familiae, L.: matres familiae, Cs.: matribus familias vim attulisse: matres familiarum, S.: filii familiarum, minors, sons in tutelage , S.— A family, family connection, kindred (as part of a gens): tanta, T.: nobilissima: familiam dedecoras, T.: dedecus familiae: primus in eam familiam attulit consulatum: familiā prope exstinctā, S.— A family, the members of a household : Philippi domūs et familiae inimicissimi, N.— A company, sect, school, troop : singulae familiae litem tibi intenderent: tota Peripateticorum: familiae dissentientes inter se: gladiatoriae, S.: Lucius familiam ducit, is first : familiam ducit in iure civili, stands highest .
Origins
From Proto-Italic *fameliā (“of the house → household”), from earlier *θameliā. Further from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-m-eló-m (“fundament”), from *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”). Cognate with Sanskrit धामन् (dhāman, “order; dwelling-place, temple; family”), Ancient Greek θεμέλιος (themélios, “of the foundation”), θέμις (thémis, “justice, law”). In view of the semantic shift illustrated in the cognates, famulus (“servant, slave”) (with Oscan 𐌚𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌋 (famel, “servile”)) is probably a backformation from it and not the other way around.
Elsewhere
- Englishfamilia
- Englishfamily
- GermanFamilie
- Frenchfamillefrom Middle French famille
- Portuguesefamília
- Romanianfamilie
- Spanishfamilia
- Cimbrianfaméejafrom Venetan fameja
- Aragonesefamilha
- Albanianfëmijë
Eastern Romance
- Romanianfemeie
- Romanianfămeaiă
- Romanianfămeie
- Romanianfomeie
- Romanianfimeie
- Aromanianfumealji
- Aromanianfumealje
- Aromanianfãmealji
- Aromanianfãmealje
- Megleno-Romanianfumeaľă
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianfamiglia
- Sardinianfamígliafrom Italian famiglia
- Corsicanfamiglia
- Corsicanfamidda
- Corsicanfamighja
- Dalmatianfamalja
- Istriotfameîa
- Cimbrianfamildjafrom Italian famiglia
- Maltesefamiljafrom Italian famiglia
- Mòchenofamiliafrom Italian famiglia
Old Occitan
- Catalanfamília
- Occitanfamilha
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianfamajja
- Ligurianfamìggia
- Lombardfameja
- Piedmontesefamija
- Romagnolfamèja
- Romagnolfamì
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianfamee
- Ladinfamilia
- Romanshfumegl
- Romanshfamagl
- Romanshfameglia
Serbo-Croatian
- Cyrillic scriptфа̀мӣлија
- Latin scriptfàmīlija
In English words that came into English from familia
- familyfamilia
- familiarfamiliāris
- familialfamilia
- familiarityfamiliāritātem
- paterfamiliaspater
- familismfamilia
- familiafamilia