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noun - the male head of family or tribe
PATERFAMILIAS - The pater familias, also written as paterfamilias (plural patres familias), was the head of a Roman family. The pater familias was the oldest living ...
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A man who is the head of a household or the father of a family. |
the male head of a family or household. |
the male head of family or tribe |
The male head of a family or household. |
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The pater familias, also written as paterfamilias (plural patres familias), was the head of a Roman family. The pater familias was the oldest living male in a household, and exercised autocratic authority over his extended family. The term is Latin for "father of the family" or the "owner of the family estate". The form is archaic in Latin, preserving the old genitive ending in -s (see Latin declension), whereas in classical Latin the normal genitive ending was -ae. The pater familias always had to be a Roman citizen. * Roman law and tradition (mos maiorum) established the power of the pater familias within the community of his own extended familia. In Roman family law, the term "Patria potestas" (Latin: power of a father) refers to this concept. He held legal privilege over the property of the familia, and varying levels of authority over his dependents: these included his wife and children, certain other relatives through blood or adoption, clients, freedmen and slaves. The same mos m |
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