domitus
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of domō.
Participle
domitus (feminine domita, neuter domitum); first/second-declension participle
- tamed
- subdued, conquered, vanquished
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | domitus | domita | domitum | domitī | domitae | domita | |
| Genitive | domitī | domitae | domitī | domitōrum | domitārum | domitōrum | |
| Dative | domitō | domitō | domitīs | ||||
| Accusative | domitum | domitam | domitum | domitōs | domitās | domita | |
| Ablative | domitō | domitā | domitō | domitīs | |||
| Vocative | domite | domita | domitum | domitī | domitae | domita | |
Descendants
- Galician: dondo
- Spanish: duendo
- French: dompté
Etymology 2
Either from domus + -ītus, as if from *domīre, or same as Etymology 1.
Adjective
domī̆tus (feminine domī̆ta, neuter domī̆tum); first/second-declension adjective
- (hapax, in a pun) kept at home, housebound
- c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 105:
- domī domī̆tus sum ūsque cum cāreis meīs.
- I’m/I've been constantly housebound in my house with my loved ones.
- domī domī̆tus sum ūsque cum cāreis meīs.
Usage notes
It's uncertain whether this is a separate word, or a one-time coining in a pun to be equated with the participle.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | domī̆tus | domī̆ta | domī̆tum | domī̆tī | domī̆tae | domī̆ta | |
| Genitive | domī̆tī | domī̆tae | domī̆tī | domī̆tōrum | domī̆tārum | domī̆tōrum | |
| Dative | domī̆tō | domī̆tō | domī̆tīs | ||||
| Accusative | domī̆tum | domī̆tam | domī̆tum | domī̆tōs | domī̆tās | domī̆ta | |
| Ablative | domī̆tō | domī̆tā | domī̆tō | domī̆tīs | |||
| Vocative | domī̆te | domī̆ta | domī̆tum | domī̆tī | domī̆tae | domī̆ta | |
Further reading
- “domitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “domitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- domitus 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)
- domitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to overcome one's passions: coercere, cohibere, continere, domitas habere cupiditates
- (ambiguous) to overcome one's passions: coercere, cohibere, continere, domitas habere cupiditates