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/, [d̪ɔmɪˈkɪlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /do.miˈt͡ʃi.li.um/, [d̪omiˈt͡ʃiːlium]
Noun
domicilium n (genitive domiciliī or domicilī); second declension
- A habitation, dwelling, domicile, abode, home.
- Synonyms: domus, habitātiō, tēctum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | domicilium | domicilia |
| Genitive | domiciliī domicilī1 | domiciliōrum |
| Dative | domiciliō | domiciliīs |
| Accusative | domicilium | domicilia |
| Ablative | domiciliō | domiciliīs |
| Vocative | domicilium | domicilia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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
- domicilium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- domicilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
- to dwell in a certain place: domicilium (sedem ac domicilium) habere in aliquo loco
- “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