PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: lessons 3+4 Flashcards
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mater, matris
mother
matrix
the surroundings within which something begins or develops
matriarchy
a society ruled or controlled by women
matriculate
to register as a student at a college or university
pater, patris
father
patriarch3
- the male head of a family or tribe
- an old testament ancestor
- a founding father or wise man
patrimony
a family inheritance
patronage2
- support, encouragement
- business clientele, customers
patronize2
- to go to regularly
- to treat someone as an inferiror
patronymic
namer derived from a paternal ancestor
frater, fratris
brother
fraternal
pertaining to brothers, brotherly
fraternize2
- to be friendly with
- to socialize with an enemy population
avunculus, avunculi
uncle
avuncular
like an uncle
familia
family
familial
having to do with the family
uxor,uxoris
wife
uxorious
dominated by one’s wie
gamos
marriage
bigamy
marriage to two mates
monogamy
marriage to a single mate
puer
a male child
puerile
childish, immature