δόμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dṓm. Cognates include Latin domus, Sanskrit दम (dáma), Russian дом (dom), and Old Armenian տուն (tun).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dó.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdo.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðo.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðo.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðo.mos/
Noun
δόμος • (dómos) m (genitive δόμου); second declension
- house, dwelling
- household
- Dwelling place of animals: barn, wasp's nest, snake's hole
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ δόμος; τοῦ δόμου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δόμος ho dómos | τὼ δόμω tṑ dómō | οἱ δόμοι hoi dómoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δόμου toû dómou | τοῖν δόμοιν toîn dómoin | τῶν δόμων tôn dómōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δόμῳ tôi dómōi | τοῖν δόμοιν toîn dómoin | τοῖς δόμοις toîs dómois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δόμον tòn dómon | τὼ δόμω tṑ dómō | τοὺς δόμους toùs dómous | ||||||||||
Vocative | δόμε dóme | δόμω dómō | δόμοι dómoi | ||||||||||
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Second declension of δόμος; δόμου (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | δόμος dómos | δόμω dómō | δόμοι dómoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | δόμου / δομοῖο / δόμοιο / δομόο / δόμοο dómou / domoîo / dómoio / domóo / dómoo | δόμοιῐν dómoiin | δόμων dómōn | ||||||||||
Dative | δόμῳ dómōi | δόμοιῐν dómoiin | δόμοισῐ / δόμοισῐν / δόμοις dómoisi(n) / dómois | ||||||||||
Accusative | δόμον dómon | δόμω dómō | δόμους dómous | ||||||||||
Vocative | δόμε dóme | δόμω dómō | δόμοι dómoi | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- οἶκος (oîkos)
Derived terms
- πρόδομος (pródomos)
Related terms
- δέμω (démō)
Further reading
- “δόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δόμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δόμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δόμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δόμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “δόμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abode idem, page 2.
- apartment idem, page 33.
- chamber idem, page 123.
- domicile idem, page 247.
- dwelling idem, page 257.
- family idem, page 305.
- home idem, page 403.
- house idem, page 408.
- household idem, page 408.
- room idem, page 721.