domus

Latin

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root *demh₂- (“to build”). Cognates include Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos), Albanian dhomë (“a chamber, a room”), Sanskrit दम (dáma) and Proto-Slavic *domъ. The same Proto-Indo-European root also gave Old English timber (“building, act of building”) (English timber).

Noun

domus (variously declined, genitive domūs or domī); f, fourth or irregular declension

1. a house, a home ^syn.
   • Motto of Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne

     Deo domuique.

     For God and for home.

   • First part of the motto of Harrow School, England

     Stet fortuna domus.

     Let the fortune of the house stand.

2. (poetic) any building or abode
3. one's native place, one's country or home (confer patria)
4. a household, a family, a race

Declension

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	domus	domūs
genitive	domūs, domī	domuum, domōrum
dative	domuī, domō	domibus
accusative	domum	domūs, domōs
ablative	domū, domō	domibus
vocative	domus	domūs
locative	domī	domīs

Derived terms

• domus equestris
• domi (adverbial form; at home, in the house)
• domi habeo aliquid (colloquial; I have something at home, I have something in abundance, I am provided with something)
• domum (adverbial form; home, homewards, to the house)
• domo (adverbial form; from home, out of the house; also rarely used in the same sense as domi; at home, in the house)
• extra domum (placed outside of the house; refers to a possible result of Catholic ecclesiastical legal proceedings when the culprit is removed from being part of a group like a monastery)
• pro domo (for one’s own home or house; serving the interests of a given perspective or for the benefit of a given group)

See also

aedēs aedificium casa domicilium habitātiō

mansiō mōlēs sēdēs tēctum tugurium

Synonyms

• (house): ^def. aedēs, casa

Usage notes

• Domus is one of three common nouns that take the locative case, the other two being rus and humus. It is irregular in that it has a mix of second and fourth declension forms, the second declension forms being more commonly used in place constructions.

Descendants

• Italian: duomo
• Sardinian: domo
• Sicilian: domu

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Volapük

Noun

domus

1. predicative plural of dom