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Latin
Etymology
From familia (“household”) + -āris.
Pronunciation
Adjective
familiāris (neuter familiāre, comparative familiārior, superlative familiārissimus, adverb familiāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- of or pertaining to servants
- of or pertaining to a household or family
- res familiaris ― family estate, family heritage
- familiar, intimate, friendly
- of or belonging to one's own self, country, etc.
- customary, habitual
- fitting, appropriate
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
familiāris m (genitive familiāris); third declension
- a servant, domestic
- Synonym: appāritor
- a friend, familiar acquaintance
- a relative
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -ī).
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, 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)
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