mistress Copy link Outline I. The head of a household1. hĕra (with ref. to the slaves); Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 132. dŏmĭna (often simply = hera; but capable of being used in wider sense)3. māterfămĭlias or -ae (also as two words)II. A sweetheartIII. A kept woman1. concŭbīna2. ămīca3. pellex, ĭcis, f. (strictly, the concubine of a married manIV. A teacher • mistress: I. The head of a household: 1. hĕra (with ref. to the slaves); Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 13: Pl. Also = sweetheart: Cat. 68, 136. 2. dŏmĭna (often simply = hera; but capable of being used in wider sense): Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 57 (= hera): Quint. 5, 11, 34. As title of an empress: Suet. Cl. 39. Fig.: the m. and queen of all the virtues (justice), omnium d. et regina virtutum, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 29. 3. māterfămĭlias or -ae (also as two words): strictly = uxor quae in manum convenit, Cic. Top. 3, 14 (Dict. Ant. 740, b); but used in wider sense, as a respectful designation of a matron: cf. Liv, 34, 7, ad init., matrem familiae tuam purpureum amiculum habere non sines, will you not suffer the m. of your household to have a purple mantle? II. A sweetheart: most freq. puella: Cat. 2, 1: et pass.: also, domina, Tib. 1, 1, 41; hera, v. supr. (I., 1). Also Venus: cf. Hor. Od. 1, 27, 14 (quae te cunque domat Venus): Virg. E. 3, 68. Or expr. by amo: Phyllis is my m.'s name, Phyllida amo ante alias, ib. 78. III. A kept woman: 1. concŭbīna: the less dishonourable appellation for a pellex Dig. 50, 16, 144: Cic. 2. ămīca: be she wife or be she m., si ista uxor sive a. est, Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 11: Cic.: Dig. l. c. Dimin., amicula, Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240. 3. pellex, ĭcis, f. (strictly, the concubine of a married man: also in wider sense): Dig. l. c. Phr.: to have a woman as m., mulierem in contubernio habere, cf. Suet. Vesp. 3, extr. IV. A teacher: măgistra: Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 7: Cic.: v. teacher.