paterfamilias
pronunciation
How to pronounce paterfamilias in British English:
UK [ˌpeɪtəfəˈmɪliæs]
How to pronounce paterfamilias in American English:
US [ˌpætərfəˈmɪliæs]
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- Noun:
- the male head of family or tribe
Word Origin
- paterfamilias (n.)
- early 15c., from Latin pater familias "master of a house, head of a family," from pater "father" (see father (n.)) + familias, old genitive of familia "family" (see family).
Example
- 1. The paterfamilias household is no more .
- 2. The reverend frederick cavell was a stern victorian paterfamilias who ruled his family along strict christian lines : prayer , self-denial and duty to others .
- 3. As head of the family from the age of 22 , it was george 's job to watch over his brothers and sisters as both their monarch and paterfamilias .
- 4. Her name was helena goldenhagen , and she pleased this young paterfamilias of the bronx .
- 5. Economists have always tended to use a " household " model of decision-making , which treats domestic decisions as being made by one person - the kind of benign dictator with whom you , as paterfamilias , identify yourself .