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familia ae (with pater, mater, filius, the old gen. familias is freq.), f

famulus, the slaves in a household, a household establishment, family servants, domestics : familia, quae constet ex servis pluribus: emere familiam a Catone: armare familiam, Cs.: Aesopus domino solus cum esset familia, his one servant , Ph.: Martis, serfs of the temple : omnem suam familiam undique cogere, vassals , Cs.An estate, family property, fortune : herciscundae familiae causam agere: decem dierum vix mihi est familiā, means of support , T.A household, family; genit . (familias or familiae), with pater, mater, or filia: pater familias, head of a family, householder : sicut unus pater familias loquor, as a plain citizen : pater familiae, Cs.: pauci milites patresque familiae, Cs.: patres familias, qui liberos habent, etc.: patres familiarum: mater familias, a matron, mistress of a household : mater familiae, L.: matres familiae, Cs.: matribus familias vim attulisse: matres familiarum, S.: filii familiarum, minors, sons in tutelage , S.A family, family connection, kindred (as part of a gens): tanta, T.: nobilissima: familiam dedecoras, T.: dedecus familiae: primus in eam familiam attulit consulatum: familiā prope exstinctā, S.A family, the members of a household : Philippi domūs et familiae inimicissimi, N.A company, sect, school, troop : singulae familiae litem tibi intenderent: tota Peripateticorum: familiae dissentientes inter se: gladiatoriae, S.: Lucius familiam ducit, is first : familiam ducit in iure civili, stands highest .

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