In its earliest form, genius was concerned with the ability of the head of the family, the paterfamilias, to perpetuate himself.

在其最初的词形当中，天才一词与一种能力有关，即家族首领（男性家长）延续自身的能力。

So sons legally were still under their paterfamilias.

所以法律上儿子仍属于他们的家长。

As the paterfamilias, you have to work hard to support your family.

作为一家之主，你必须努力工作养家。

I asked the paterfamilias if they were in web bar and they answer they might be.

我问同学家长他们有没有可能上网吧，他们说有可能。

Her name was Helena Goldenhagen, and she pleased this young paterfamilias of the Bronx.

这个名叫海伦娜·戈尔德哈根的姑娘赢得了这个布朗克斯年轻家长的欢心。

Sons and daughters, though, were still part of the household, as long as the paterfamilias was alive.

儿子和女儿…，仍是家户的一员，只要家长还健在。

The methods of character optimization are adolescent's self-regulation and paterfamilias' right educational idea.

其性格优化的途径：一是青少年的自我调整，二是家长树立正确的教育观。

Hugo Waldman was the paterfamilias of the whole tribe-nephews, Cousins, and uncles-in-law who lived along the Concourse in lesser palaces.

雨果·沃尔德曼是整个家族的大家长，众多的侄子、外甥、和姻亲们住在大广场街上稍差的公寓大厦里。

He and his family, the emperor's family, - was, in a sense, the patron for the whole people of the Roman empire — - at least for all the Romans — the paterfamilias of the entire empire.

他及其家庭，帝王的家庭，某种意义上说，就是整个罗马帝国的庇护者-，至少是所有罗马人的-，他成了整个帝国的家长。