Latin edit

Etymology edit

From familia (household) +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

familiāris (neuter familiāre, comparative familiārior, superlative familiārissimus, adverb familiāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. of or pertaining to servants
  2. of or pertaining to a household or family
    res familiarisfamily estate, family heritage
  3. familiar, intimate, friendly
  4. of or belonging to one's own self, country, etc.
  5. customary, habitual
  6. fitting, appropriate

Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative familiāris familiāre familiārēs familiāria
Genitive familiāris familiārium
Dative familiārī familiāribus
Accusative familiārem familiāre familiārēs
familiārīs
familiāria
Ablative familiārī familiāribus
Vocative familiāris familiāre familiārēs familiāria

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Noun edit

familiāris m (genitive familiāris); third declension

  1. a servant, domestic
    Synonym: appāritor
  2. a friend, familiar acquaintance
  3. a relative

Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in ).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative familiāris familiārēs
Genitive familiāris familiārium
Dative familiārī familiāribus
Accusative familiārem familiārēs
familiārīs
Ablative familiārī familiāribus
Vocative familiāris familiārēs

References edit

  • 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[1], 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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