family (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The persons composing a household1. fămĭlia (prop. the body of slaves forming the domestic establishment; but in certain phrases the word is equiv. to the English)2. dŏmus, ūs, f. (by meton.)II. All who descend from a common ancestor1. fămĭlia (denoting the different branches of a gens, and implying blood relationship between the individual members)2. cognātio (in wide sense; connexion by blood or race)3. gens, gentis, f. (a political termIII. Descent, esp. honourable descent • family (subs.): I. The persons composing a household: 1. fămĭlia (prop. the body of slaves forming the domestic establishment; but in certain phrases the word is equiv. to the English): the head of a f., paterfamilias, or -ae, Cic.: Liv.: so, the female head of a family, materfamilias or -ae, Cic.: Caes. (in these words the declinable part is pater or mater: but the gen. pl. of familia is also used). 2. dŏmus, ūs, f. (by meton.): our whole f. salutes you, d. te nostra tota salutat, Cic.: many noble f.s were put in mourning, multae et clarae lugubres domus, Liv. 3, 32. Phr.: with one's wife and f., cum conjuge et liberis, Cic.: v. CHILDREN, household. II. All who descend from a common ancestor: 1. fămĭlia (denoting the different branches of a gens, and implying blood relationship between the individual members): the f.s of the Laelii and the Mucii, Laeliorum et Muciorum familiae, Cic.: belonging to a most noble f., nobilissima in f. natus, Cic.: Sall. 2. cognātio (in wide sense; connexion by blood or race): tribes and f.s of men, tribus cognationesque hominum, Caes.: one's whole f., tota cognatio, Cic. 3. gens, gentis, f. (a political term: not necessarily implying blood relationship): L. Tarquitius of patrician f., L. T. patriciae gentis, Liv.: the f. of the Tarquinii, gens Tarquiniorum, Cic. III. Descent, esp. honourable descent: Phr.: to be of a good, very high f., honesto, summo loco natum esse, Cic.: Liv.: of a very low f., infimo loco natus, Cic.: of an equestrian f., equestri loco natus, Cic.: Cornelius Tuscus, of a distinguished f., Cor. Tuscus, claris natalibus, Tac.: a woman of high f., mulier natalibus clara, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8: a man of no f., homo sine gente, Hor. S. 2, 5, 15: a man of ancient f., homo veteris prosapiae, Sall.: v. lineage.
family (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. fămĭliāris, e2. gentīlis, e3. gentīlĭcius (like preced., of which it is strictly an adject. form) • family (adj.): 1. fămĭliāris, e: a f. estate, f. fundus, Pl.: a f. grief, f. maeror, Pl.: home and f. affairs, res domesticae ac f., Cic.: v. domestic. 2. gentīlis, e: corresponding to gens: v. family (II.): f. religious rites, g. sacra, Liv.: f. names, g. nomina, Suet.: the f. monument of the Domitii, g. monumentum Domitiorum, Suet.: Cic. 3. gentīlĭcius (like preced., of which it is strictly an adject. form): Liv.: Vell.: Suet. Phr.: a f. estate, avitus fundus, Hor.: f. secrets, arcana domus, Tac.
FAMILY Copy link • FAMILYfamilia (general term): servitium: servi et servae (the slaves, male and female): famuli et famulae (the servants or attendants, male and female). My family, mei (Vid: Gierig. Plin., Ep., 5, 6, 46), (1) In a more confined sense, the parents with their children together with the servants, familia: domus (house = family, as in English); or, the children only, liberi, proles, progenies, stirps: have you a family? num liberis auctus es? (2) In a wider sense; a whole family with all the relations belonging to it, gens, also genus (the whole family, as the Cornelian): familia (a part, branch of the gens; thus the gens Cornelia embraced the families of the Scipiones, the Lentuli, etc.): stirps (the root of a gens, familia; i. e., the first ancestors from which these sprung; e.g., of the family of Priam, de Priami stirpe): cognati (general term relations): of a good family, *generosa stirpe ortus (of noble descent); honesto loco natus (of honorable descent): of an old family, antiquo genere natus: a man that is not of a noble family, homo sine gente: belonging to a family, gentilis (of persons and things); gentilicius (of things): concerned with, suited to, or happening in a family, gentilicius; familiaris; domesticus (domestic); privatus (private; both as opposed to publicus); (The words are found in this connection and order.) domesticus ac privatus: intestinus (occurring within a family and confined to it, opposed to externus): with which adjectives all connections with “family” may be rendered in Latin, of which the most common are subjoined: family affairs, domesticae res ac privatae: a family compact, foedus domesticum: a family inheritance, hereditas gentis or gentilicia (PROP.); gentile bonum (figuratively; that has always been in the family; Vid: Tac., Ann., 2, 37, 5): a family fault or defect, vitium avitum: a family secret, arcana domus; to reveal it, vulgare (Tac., Ann., 1, 6, 3): a family picture, *imago gentilicia: Family concerns, negotia familiaria: members of a family, domestici (in a confined sense); gentiles (in an extended sense): all the family, totius cognationis grex (Curt., 8, 2, 31): Family tomb; Vid: “family TOMB :” family estate, *praedium gentilicium: the head of a family, pater familias: family quarrel, *discordia familiae, domesticorum; discordiae, quibus domus evertitur: discordia intestina; *dissensio gentilium, etc.: a family name, nomen gentile or gentilicium (Suet., Ner., 41; Claud. 25): a sacrifice peculiar to a family, sacra (sacrificia) gentilicia: a family council, consilium familiare: family right, jus gentium; jura familiaria (neuter plur.): the glory of a family, gloria domestica: the disgrace of the family., nota gentilicia; commune familiae dedecus: a family seal, signum gentis (after Suet., Oct., 94): family cares, domesticae cuiae: to free from family cares, domesticis curis levare aliquem: family pride, spiritus gentilicii (after Liv., 4, 42): a family party, cena familiaris (Vid: Suet., Tit., 9; aliquem cenae familiari adhibere: i. e., to introduce to the family): a family in mourning, familia funesta: family records, tabulae gentiliciae: the place in which family records are kept, tablinum: to be the father of a family, liberos habere; liberis auctum esse: family connection, domesticus usus et consuetudo; privata consilia, orum, neuter (Vid: Liv. 1, 42); privatae necessitudines; necessitudo (Vid: Herz., Sall., Cat., 17, 3): a loss sustained by a family, clades domestica: family arms, *insigne gentilicium: Many noble families are put in mourning by this event (newspaper), multae et clarae lugubres domus (Liv. 3, 32). FAMILY WORSHIP, domestica religio (Suet., Claud., 12): sacra privata (plur., PROP.; private sacrifice, etc.). To celebrate family worship, *privatim sacris operari. A family physician, medicus domesticus et familiaris. Family medicine, *medicamentum domestico usui destinatum. A friend of the family’s, familiaris amicus; familiaris: perfamiliaris: alicujus familiae amicissimus.