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|lshtext=<b>fīlĭus</b>: ii (voc. filie, Liv. Andr. in Prisc. p. 741 P.,<br /><b>I</b> dat. plur. FILIBVS, Inscr. Grut. 553, 8; 554, 4, [[like]] DIIBVS from [[deus]]), m. [[root]] fev-o, to [[give]] [[birth]] to (fe-o), [[whence]]: [[fecundus]], [[femina]], [[felix]], etc., lit., he [[who]] is [[born]], a [[son]] (syn. <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>: nati, [[liberi]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: Marci [[filius]], Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 15, 58 (Ann. v. 306 Vahl.); id. Rep. 2, 19; id. Lael. 1, 3: [[Venus]] et remisso [[filius]] arcu, i. e. Cupido, Hor. C. 3, 27, 68 et saep. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.: [[filius]] familias, or, in one [[word]], filiusfamilias, v. [[familia]].—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> With [[terra]], [[fortuna]], etc.: terrae [[filius]], a [[son]] of [[mother]] [[earth]], i. e. a [[man]] of [[unknown]] [[origin]] (opp.: [[nobilis]], [[honesto]] genere [[natus]]): et huic terrae filio [[nescio]] cui committere epistolam tantis de rebus non [[audeo]], Cic. Att. 1, 13, 4; id. Fam. 7, 9, 3; Pers. 6, 59; cf.: Saturnum Caeli filium [[dictum]], [[quod]] soleamus eos, quorum virtutem miremur aut [[repentino]] advenerint, decaelo cecidisse dicere: terrae [[autem]], quos ignotis parentibus natos terrae filios nominemus, Lact. 1, 11: fortunae [[filius]], a [[child]] of [[fortune]], [[fortune]]'s favorite (Gr. [[παῖς]] τῆς Τύχης), Hor. S. 2, 6, 49; called also: gallinae albae [[filius]], Juv. 13, 141: Celtiberiae [[filius]], i. e. an [[inhabitant]] of Celtiberia, a Celtiberian, Cat. 37, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Filii, in gen., children: Συνεζευγμένον jungit et diversos [[sexus]], ut cum marem feminamque filios dicimus, Quint. 9, 3, 63; Cic. ad Brut. 1, 12, 2; Gell. 12, 1, 21; cf. <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: ut condemnaretur [[filius]] aut [[nepos]], si [[pater]] aut [[avus]] deliquisset, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Descendants: [[natura]] docet parentes pios, filiorum appellatione omnes, quiex nobis descendunt, contineri: nec [[enim]] dulciore nomine possumus nepotes nostros, [[quam]] filii, appellare, Dig. 50, 16, 220, § 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of animals, Col. 6, 37, 4.