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   Ma·ter·fa·mil·i·as

   /ˌmādərfəˈmilēəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. the female head of a family or household.

   Word Origin Latin, from mater ‘mother’ + familias, old genitive form of familia ‘family’.

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   What is a materfamilias?

   • In legal discourse Ulpian in different contexts highlighted two different aspects of a definition of materfamilias. With respect to property rights, Ulpian defined mater familias in an analogy to pater familias. That is, a materfamilias was a woman independent of the potestas of her father and with a capacity to own property (Dig. 1.6.4).

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   What does'Familia'mean?

   • "His name was fitting, you know. 'Familia,' which translates to family. He was a family man," said Anthony Ortiz, a family friend whose brothers went through the police academy with Familia.

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   When was materfamilias first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun materfamilias is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for materfamilias is from 1756, in a translation by G. Harris. materfamilias is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin māterfamiliās.

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   Was the Roman materfamilias a dignified wife?

   • Beyond doubt the position of the Roman materfamilias was a much more dignified one than that of the Greek wife. Materfamilias definition: the mother of a family.. See examples of MATERFAMILIAS used in a sentence.

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   Materfamilias definition: the mother of a family.. See examples of MATERFAMILIAS used in a sentence.

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   May 25, 2024 · Definitions of materfamilias. noun. a female head of a family or tribe. synonyms: matriarch. see more.

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   Aug 22, 2023 · materfamilias (plural materfamiliases or matresfamilias) The female head of a household. Synonyms [ edit] matriarch. Related terms [ edit] paterfamilias. Categories: English terms derived from Latin. English lemmas. English nouns. English countable nouns. English nouns with irregular plurals. English terms with quotations. en:Family. en:Leaders.

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   Noun. 1. materfamilias - a female head of a family or tribe. matriarch. head of household - the head of a household or family or tribe. adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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   in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | English Usage | Conjugator | in context | images. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2022. ma•ter•fa•mil•i•as (mā′tər fə mil′ ē əs), n. the mother of a family. Latin; compare paterfamilias.

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   What does the noun materfamilias mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun materfamilias . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   noun a female head of a family or tribe. Etymologies. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition. [Latin māterfamiliās : māter, mother; see mater + familiās, archaic genitive of familia, household; see family.] from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.