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单词 paterfamilias
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paterfamiliasn.

Brit. /ˌpeɪtəfəˈmɪlɪas/, /ˌpatəfəˈmɪlɪas/, U.S. /ˈˌpædərfəˈmɪliəs/, /ˈˌpɑdərfəˈmɪliəs/
Inflections: Plural unchanged, patresfamilias.
Forms: late Middle English paterfamulias, late Middle English– paterfamilias.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin paterfamiliās.
Etymology: < classical Latin paterfamiliās father or head of a household < pater father (see pater n.2) + familiās , archaic genitive of familia family n. and adj.
1. A male head of a family or household. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > family > [noun] > family or household > head of household
patriarchc1200
householdera1382
paterfamiliasc1475
houseman1537
housefather1562
familist1612
genarchaship1650
family head1738
Roman father1739
père de famille1820
patron1863
mamak1884
c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Order of Fools (Harl.) in Select. Minor Poems (1840) 170 Paterfamulias [c1475 Harl.: MacCracken Paterfamilias], wise and expert of olde..So prudently governe theyr housholde.
a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1618) 40 The householder is called Paterfamilias: which signifieth a father of his familie, because hee should have a fatherly care ouer his seruants, as if they were his children.
1650 T. Venner Baths of Bathe 356 The stomach which is, as I may so say, the Paterfamilias of the body.
a1677 I. Barrow Of Love of God (1680) 50 The..bounty and munificence with which this great paterfamilias hath provided for the necessary sustenance..of his creatures.
1754 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. (1756) II. 188 I am here a Kind of Pater-familias with all my little Brood of Hens and Chickens around me.
1860 W. M. Thackeray Letts's Diary in Roundabout Papers (1862) 186 The habit of..swindling paterfamilias on the house bills.
1891 C. E. L. Riddell Mad Tour 69 The inevitable English party.., paterfamilias, materfamilias, and many daughters.
1927 Amer. Speech 2 345 The paterfamilias questioned solicitously: Did you uns sleep good last night?
1988 F. Kaplan Dickens iv. 106 He reveled in the role of household manager and paterfamilias.
2002 Time Out N.Y. 22 Aug. 105/4 Ozzy's transformation into the paterfamilias of the Jackass generation.
2. Roman Law. The male head of a family or household, having absolute legal authority over its members; any male who is sui juris through having been emancipated from the patria potestas, regardless of having children.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun] > one who is free from parental control
paterfamilias1850
society > authority > rule or government > rule or government of family or tribe > head of family, tribe, or clan > [noun] > head of family
tuft1631
oubaas1824
paterfamilias1850
house head1864
1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire I. i. 22 The colonies of Roman citizens planted in the provinces..held the position of the son towards the paterfamilias.
1859 T. C. Sandars tr. Justinian Institutes (ed. 2) 99 The head was the paterfamilias, a term not expressive of paternity.., but merely signifying a person who was not under the power of another.
1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. xiii. 379 The authority of the Patriarch or Paterfamilias over his family is..the element..out of which all permanent power of man over man has been gradually developed.
1926 E. A. Parker tr. J. M. Declareuil Rome the Law-Giver viii. 273 The patresfamilias then secured the power to dispose freely of all the family patrimony.
1980 W. Manchester Goodbye, Darkness 247 The Depression had increased all family activities over which patresfamilias reigned.
1991 S. Treggiari Rom. Marriage iv. 147 The Augustan marriage laws forbade a paterfamilias to prevent the marriage of his daughter—to refuse to give her a dowry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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