I.abl. sing. regularly familiari; familiare, Varr. and P. Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 105 P.), adj. familia.
I. 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.—
II. 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; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 27; id. Rep. 5, 5 Mos. N. cr., v. Lar; cf.: “numen Minerva,” Quint. 10, 1, 91.—
B. Transf.
1. Familiar, intimate, friendly, and (more freq.) subst., a familiar acquaintance, friend (syn.: amicus, familiaris, intimus, necessarius).
(α).
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.—
(β).
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.—
2. 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.—
3. 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.—
4. 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. *
1. By families: “agros in montibus Romani acceperunt familiariter,” Front. de Colon. p. 119 Goes.—
2. 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.
