pater familias
See also: paterfamilias
English
Etymology
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From around 1425 to 1475 from late (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English which itself came from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin term with the same meaning. From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin term pater ("father") + familiās, an archaic genitive of familia ("family", "household"). Literally meaning "father of the family" or "father of the household". Confer the English word family.
Noun
- Alternative spelling of paterfamilias
Latin
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 Latin) 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); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pater familiās | patrēs familiās |
| Genitive | patris familiās | patrum familiās |
| Dative | patrī familiās | patribus familiās |
| Accusative | patrem familiās | patrēs familiās |
| Ablative | patre familiās | patribus familiās |
| Vocative | pater familiās | patrēs familiās |
Synonyms
References
- “pater familias”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers