Meaning of familiāris | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a servant, domestic
   declension-3
2. a friend, familiar acquaintance
   declension-3
3. a relative
   declension-3
4. someone belonging to a family or household, which might include any or all of the above
   declension-3

Examples

“Hīs ego tamen diēbus, lūdīs scaenicīs, nē forte videar tibi nōn modo beātus sed līber omnīnō fuisse, dīrūpī mē paene in iūdiciō Gallī Canīnī, familiāris tuī.”

As for me, these past days, during the plays (in case you picture me as a free man, if not a happy one), I pretty well ruptured my lungs defending your friend Gallus Caninius.

“Dominum patrem familiae appellāvērunt; servōs, quod etiam in mīmīs adhūc dūrat, familiārēs.”

They called the master the “father of the family,” and the slaves — as still happens in stage plays — “members of the family.” (The Roman paterfamilias ruled a familia which might include relations, slaves, and freedmen. Seneca, here advocating for humane treatment of slaves, probably implies the broader ancient sense of familiares.)

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