Dictionary formfilia, filiae(feminine)

Line drawing of filia
Coloured illustration of filia
#383 of 1,000Core 1000

Translation

daughter

Test yourself on filia

Three quick questions. No account needed.

Know this word? Create a free account to track it.

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Cases

Casesingularplural
Nominativethe subjectfiliafiliae
Vocativecalling someone: O ...filiafiliae
Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), perfiliamfilias
Genitiveoffiliaefiliarum
Dativeto, forfiliaefiliis / filiabus
Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sinefiliafiliis / filiabus

Examples

.

The king's daughter is beautiful.

.

He led his daughter to the temple.

.

The daughters love their mother.

.

I do not know the daughter's name.

Filiabus .

He gave fields to his daughters.

Filia, filiae is feminine, first declension, and regular except in one place that matters. The dative and ablative plural is filiabus rather than filiis, kept separate so that a will leaving something "filiis et filiabus" cannot be read as leaving it to the sons twice. Dea and deabus do the same job for the same reason, and so do liberta and nata.

Roman daughters took the family name in feminine form and no personal name at all, so every daughter of a Claudius was Claudia; two of them were distinguished as Maior and Minor, three by number. English filial and affiliate come from the masculine, and the Romance forms, French fille, Spanish hija, Italian figlia, all descend from filia directly.

Where this fits

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Chapters 1 and 2 free

Meet this word in a story

Every course has graded stories written only with words you have been taught, plus grammar drills, a games arcade and printable worksheets. Chapters 1 and 2 are free.

Chapters 1 and 2 free, forever. Plus: 7 days free, then $5 a month for all eleven languages.

Start learning free

Latin · Free printables

filia: worksheet, infographic and listicle

Free printable study downloads for the Latin word "filia" (daughter): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.

Free for members

The printable worksheets, infographics and PDFs are free with an account. Start a free week and download as many as you like.

Start your free week

This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 11: filia, parens, poena and 11 more words.