familiāris e, adj. with comp. and sup. familia, of a house, of a household, belonging to a family, household, domestic, private: res familiares: suam rem familiarem auxisse, his estate, Cs.: copiae, L.: funus: parricidium, i. e. committed on a member of the same family: Lar.

—Plur m. as subst: quidam familiarium, of the slaves, L.

— Familiar, intimate, friendly: videmus Papum Luscino familiarem fuisse, etc.: amicitia, S.: voltus ille: conloquium, L.: iura, rights of intimacy, L.: familiarior nobis propter, etc.: homo amantissimus familiarissimus.

—As subst m., a friend, intimate acquaintance, companion: est ex meis intimis familiaribus: familiarem suum conloquitur, Cs.: familiarissimi eius.

—In augury, one's own (of those parts of the victim which related to the party offering): (haruspices) fissum familiare tractant: ostentum, L.