domus.
house, building; home, household; (N 4 1, older N 2 1); [domi => at home]; house, building; home, household; (N 4 1, older N 2 1); [domu => at home];
Meaning & usage
house, home (the building where a person lives)
Deō domuīque
Stet fortūna domūs
house, home (the building where a person lives) a townhouse
any dwelling-place or abode (of people or animals)
the place of one's birth or residence, native country, town
the place of one's birth or residence, native country, town
household, family (the dependants of the head of a house) a group of disciples, school; an intellectual movement
household, family (the dependants of the head of a house) house, dynasty
one's own possessions or resources
domum trahere
Domī versūra fit.
peace
bellī domīque; bellō domīque; vel bellī vel domī; domī bellōque; domī mīlitiaeque
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Italic *domos, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“house, home”), from root *dem- (“to build”). Cognates include Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos), Albanian dhomë (“a chamber, a room”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬨- (dam-) Sanskrit दम (dáma), Proto-Slavic *domъ and further to English timber. At least indirectly cognate to Latin dominus. The feminine gender is probably due to the original root noun; attempts to transfer it to the 4th declension are due to 2nd declension feminines being unusual outside of tree names. Some manuscripts of Plautus show forms in dem-; De Vaan (2008) doubts their authenticity.
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