"Ille est paterfamilias."

Translation: He is the head of the house.

[BasJongene]

'Head of the family' should also be right, shouldn't it?

[sp_mary]

I think in English, I might be more likely to use the word "patriarch" for "head of the house."

[ColinJParry]

As paterfamilias is a title in English, one should be able to say "He is paterfamilias"

[Danielconcasco]

Use the Report Button please.

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/33853120

[mizinamo]

"He is a paterfamilias" was accepted for me just now.

[AharonEffe]

Paterfamilias had the legal right to sell household members in slavery and even whack them like tony soprano did to b.p bonpensiero...

[els976518]

Ille est paterfamilias= ille paterfamilias est

[DanielDesj6]

Why not house head

[Danielconcasco]

"House head" is not a term we use in English.