Associations to the word «Paterfamilias»

Wiktionary

PATERFAMILIAS, noun. A man who is the head of a household, family or tribe.

Dictionary definition

PATERFAMILIAS, noun. The male head of family or tribe.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca