a familiar acquaintance

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fămĭlĭāris, e ( abl. sing. regularly familiari; familiare, Varr. and P. Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 105 P.), adj. [familia].

Of or belonging to servants (rare; only as subst.): fămĭlĭāris, is, m., a servant:

majores nostri servos (quod etiam in mimis adhuc durat) familiares appellaverunt,

Sen. Ep. 47 med.:

hujus familiae familiarem,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 203; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2.—

Of or belonging to a house, household, or family; household, domestic, family, private (freq. and class.):

fundus,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 24; cf.

focus,

Col. 11, 1, 19:

filius,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 23:

negotiis familiaribus impediti,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

res domesticae ac familiares,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; so,

res,

the household, family affairs, property, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 88; Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 4; Quint. 12, 1, 6; 12, 7, 9:

ab domo ab re familiari, diutius abesse,

Liv. 5, 4, 6 al.; cf.

copiae,

Liv. 2, 16, 7:

pecuniae,

Tac. A. 4, 15:

rationes,

id. ib. 6, 16:

curae,

id. ib. 11, 7:

referam nunc interiorem ac familiarem ejus vitam,

Suet. Aug. 61:

vita,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 46:

quis umquam in luctu domestico, quis in funere familiari cenavit cum toga pulla?

Cic. Vatin. 13, 31: parricidium, i. e. committed on a member of the same family, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67:

maeror,

a family grief, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 60:

Lar,

Cic. Quint. 27, 85; id. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 27; id. Rep. 5, 5 Mos. N. cr., v. Lar; cf.:

numen Minerva,

Quint. 10, 1, 91.—

Transf.

Familiar, intimate, friendly, and (more freq.) subst., a familiar acquaintance, friend (syn.: amicus, familiaris, intimus, necessarius).

With substt.:

videmus Papum Aemilium C. Luscino familiarem fuisse, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 11, 39:

biduo factus est mihi familiaris,

id. Fam. 3, 1, 2; id. Phil. 2, 32, 78; id. Rep. 2, 20; cf. id. Fam. 7, 8, 1:

amici,

Plin. Ep. 9, 34, 1; 9, 37, 1:

sermones,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 39; id. Fam. 15, 15, 1; id. Att. 1, 9, 1; cf.

epistolae,

Quint. 1, 1, 29:

minus familiari vultu respexisse,

friendly, Suet. Caes. 78:

voltus ille,

Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1:

colloquium,

Liv. 25, 18, 5:

jam inde a puero in omnia familiaria jura assuetus,

the rights of intimacy, id. 24, 5, 9:

voluntas,

Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 1; cf.:

vox auribus meis familiaris,

Petr. 100:

familiaribus magis ei aetati exemplis,

Quint. 5, 10, 96:

exempla,

id. 7, 2, 17; 9, 4, 44:

verba regionibus quibusdam magis familiaria,

id. 8, 2, 13:

litterae,

Suet. Tib. 62.— Comp.:

qui familiarior nobis propter scriptorum multitudinem est,

Cic. de Or. 3, 19, 71:

aditus in domum,

Liv. 24, 5, 7:

frater ei (with carior),

Nep. Att. 16, 2:

quo boves familiariores bubulco fiant,

Col. 6, 2, 6:

color argenti militaribus signis,

Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 58. — Sup.:

homo amantissimus familiarissimus, conjunctissimus officiis,

Cic. Sull. 20, 57; cf. id. Att. 16, 16, F. 17:

luna terris familiarissimum sidus,

Plin. 2, 9, 6, § 41; 16, 18, 30, § 75; 16, 31, 57, § 131.—

Absol.:

est ex meis domesticis atque intimis familiaribus,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 3:

familiaris meus,

id. Lael. 24, 89:

per C. Valerium Procillum familiarem suum cum eo colloquitur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 19, 3:

Caelii,

Cic. Cael. 25, 61:

pauci familiares,

id. Lael. 1, 2.— Sup.:

quod M. Aemulius unus est ex meis familiarissimis atque intimis maxime necessarius,

Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 2; cf.:

intimus, proximus, familiarissimus quisque,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 1:

familiarissimus meus,

id. Fam. 13, 13, 1:

familiarissimi ejus,

id. Rep. 1, 9.—

Of or belonging to one's self, to one's own people or country (cf. domesticus); only in the lang. of the haruspices, of those parts of the animal which related to the party that sacrificed (opp. hostilis):

(haruspices) fissum familiare et vitale tractant,

Cic. Div. 2, 13, 32; cf.:

Decio caput jecinoris a familiari parte caesum haruspex dicitur ostendisse,

Liv. 8, 9, 1; cf.:

mater procurans familiare ostentum,

Liv. 26, 6, 14.—

Familiar, customary, habitual:

mihi familiare est omnes cogitationes meas tecum communicare,

Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 7; 2, 5, 10:

familiare est hominibus omnia sibi ignoscere,

Vell. 2, 30, 3:

fuisse statuariam artem familiarem Italiae quoque indicant,

Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33; 35, 7, 31, § 49.—

Fitting, appropriate, adapted:

quae peregrina... transferuntur, minus sunt familiaria nostro solo quam vernacula,

Col. 3, 4, 1:

familiarissimum hoc platanis,

Plin. 16, 31, 57, § 131:

hipposelinum sabulosis familiarissimum,

id. 19, 8, 48, § 163.—Hence, fămĭlĭārĭter, adv.

By families:

agros in montibus Romani acceperunt familiariter,

Front. de Colon. p. 119 Goes.—

Familiarly, intimately, on friendly terms (freq. and class.):

hominem ignotum compellare familiariter,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 23; cf.:

nimium familiariter Me attrectas,

id. Rud. 2, 4, 6; id. Ep. 1, 1, 2:

nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere, quicum familiariter vixeris,

Cic. Lael. 21, 77:

familiariter amicus,

Quint. 1, 2, 15:

amatum a me,

id. 10, 3, 12:

dilectus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 5 et saep.:

loqui,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 12, 37:

scribere,

id. Att. 9, 4, 1: nosse causas, i. e. to be familiarly or intimately, accurately acquainted with, Quint. 6, 4, 8; 5, 7, 7:

quod ex longinquo petitur, parum familiariter nostro solo venit,

i. e. suitable, adapted, Col. Arb. 1, 3.— Comp.:

licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

factum,

id. de Or. 2, 3, 14; Quint. 2, 7, 3.— Sup.:

cum Verre familiarissime et amicissime vivere,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29; Nep. Ages. 1, 1.

custom, usage, habit / intimacy, familiar acquaintance.

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fămĭlĭārĭtas, ātis, f. [familiaris, II. B. I.], familiarity, intimacy, familiar intercourse, friendship, intimate acquaintance.

Prop. (freq. and class.; in sing. and plur.;

syn.: amicitia, necessitudo, notitia): familiaritas tanta nullo cum hospite... ut nihil sit familiaritate nostra conjunctius,

Cic. Fam. 13, 19, 1; cf.:

cum Antipatro Derbete mihi... summa familiaritas intercedit,

id. ib. 13, 73, 2:

cum P. Terentio Hispone mihi summa familiaritas consuetudoque est,

id. ib. 13, 65, 1:

viri boni... familiaritate conjuncti,

id. Off. 1, 17, 55:

memorabilis C. Laelii et P. Scipionis,

id. Lael. 1, 4:

digna mihi res nostrā familiaritate visa est,

id. ib.: Verginii familiaritate delector, id. ib. 27, 101:

familiaritatem consuetudo affert,

id. Deiot. 14, 39:

in alicujus familiaritatem venire,

id. Fam. 7, 15, 2:

in familiaritatem intrare penitus,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15:

se insinuare,

id. Caecin. 5, 13:

sese dare,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

recipere aliquem,

id. Phil. 2, 32, 78:

ad ali cujus familiaritatem se applicare,

id. Clu. 16, 46:

versatus in intima familiaritate hominis potentissimi,

id. Balb. 26, 58:

aliquem familiaritate devincire,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 4 et saep.—In plur.:

consuetudines et familiaritates,

Cic. Off. 1, 17, 53:

inveteratas familiaritates exstinguere (opp.: odia sempiterna),

id. Lael. 10, 35:

jam a sapientium familiaritatibus ad vulgares amicitias oratio nostra delabitur,

id. ib. 21, 76.—

Transf., in plur. concr. for familiares, intimate acquaintances, friends:

omnes amicitias et familiaritates intra breve tempus afflixit,

Suet. Tib. 51 fin. —In sing.:

e praecipua familiaritate Neronis,

Tac. A. 15, 50.