domicilium

Latin

Etymology

• From domus (“home, house”) + Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).
• Or from domus (“home, house”) + colō (“inhabit, dwell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /do.miˈki.li.um/, [dɔ.mɪˈkɪ.li.ũ]

Noun

domicilium n (genitive domiciliī); second declension

1. A habitation, dwelling, domicile, abode, home.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	domicilium	domicilia
genitive	domiciliī	domiciliōrum
dative	domiciliō	domiciliīs
accusative	domicilium	domicilia
ablative	domiciliō	domiciliīs
vocative	domicilium	domicilia

Related terms

Related terms

• domesticātim
• domesticātus
• domesticus
• domicēnium

• domicūrius
• domiporta
• domiseda
• domitius

• domucula
• domuitiō
• domuncula
• domus

Descendants

• Catalan: domicili
• English: domicile
• French: domicile
• German: Domizil
• Italian: domicilio

• Polish: domicyl
• Portuguese: domicílio
• Romanian: domiciliu
• Spanish: domicilio

References

• domicilium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• domicilium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “domicilium”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “domicilium” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to dwell in a certain place: domicilium (sedem ac domicilium) habere in aliquo loco
    
  • to take up one's abode in a place, settle down somewhere: sedem ac domicilium (fortunas suas) constituere alicubi
    
• domicilium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• domicilium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin