pater familias
See also: paterfamilias
English
Latin
Alternative forms
- pater familiae
- paterfamilias
- paterfamiliae
Etymology
From pater (“father”) + familiās, an archaic genitive of familia (“family", "household”), literally meaning "father of the family" or "father of the household".
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ter faˈmi.li.aːs/, [ˈpät̪ɛr fäˈmɪlʲiäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.ter faˈmi.li.as/, [ˈpäːt̪er fäˈmiːliäs]
Noun
pater familiās m (genitive patris familiās, feminine māter familiās); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pater familiās | patrēs familiās patrēs familiārum |
| Genitive | patris familiās | patrum familiās patrum familiārum |
| Dative | patrī familiās | patribus familiās patribus familiārum |
| Accusative | patrem familiās | patrēs familiās patrēs familiārum |
| Ablative | patre familiās | patribus familiās patribus familiārum |
| Vocative | pater familiās | patrēs familiās patrēs familiārum |
Descendants
- → French: père de famille (calque)
- Italian: padrefamiglia;
→ Italian: padre di famiglia (calque)
- → Portuguese: pai de família (calque)
- → Sicilian: patri di famigghia (calque)
- → Spanish: padre de familia (calque)
Further reading
- “pater familias”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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