familiaris

Latin

Etymology

From familia (“household”) +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fa.mi.liˈaː.ris/, [fämɪlʲiˈäːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.mi.liˈa.ris/, [fämiliˈäːris]

Adjective

familiāris (neuter familiāre, comparative familiārior, superlative familiārissimus, adverb familiāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. of or pertaining to servants
2. of or pertaining to a household or family
3. familiar, intimate, friendly
4. of or belonging to one's own self, country, etc.
5. customary, habitual
6. fitting, appropriate

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	familiāris	familiāre		familiārēs	familiāria
Genitive	familiāris			familiārium
Dative	familiārī			familiāribus
Accusative	familiārem	familiāre		familiārēs familiārīs	familiāria
Ablative	familiārī			familiāribus
Vocative	familiāris	familiāre		familiārēs	familiāria

Derived terms

• familiāricus
• familiāritās
• familiāriter

Related terms

• familia

Descendants

• Catalan: familiar
• French: familier
• English: familiar
• Galician: familiar
• Italian: familiare
• Norman: fanmilyi
• Portuguese: familiar
• Spanish: familiar

Noun

familiāris m (genitive familiāris); third declension

1. a servant, domestic
2. a friend, familiar acquaintance

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -ī).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	familiāris	familiārēs
Genitive	familiāris	familiārium
Dative	familiārī	familiāribus
Accusative	familiārem	familiārēs familiārīs
Ablative	familiārī	familiāribus
Vocative	familiāris	familiārēs

References

• “familiaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “familiaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• familiaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the ordinary usage of language, everyday speech: sermo familiaris et cotidianus
    
  • to keep house: rem domesticam, familiarem administrare, regere, curare
    
  • to manage one's affairs, household, property well or ill: rem familiarem tueri
    
  • to neglect, mismanage one's household matters: rem familiarem neglegere
    
  • to squander all one's property: dissipare rem familiarem (suam)