1. dŏmus — Lewis & Short
dŏmus, ūs and i, 2d and 4th decl., f.Sanscr. damas, house; Gr. root de/m-w, to build, whence do/mos, des-po/ths for demspo/ths; cf. Germ. Zimmer; Eng. timber, etc.,
I a house, home (for syn. cf. aedes, casa, domicilium, habitatio; mansio, sedes, tectum, tugurium; aedificium, moles). —Forms of the cases.
a Sing.
(a) Nom.:
domus,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 206; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 6 al.; Ter. And. 5, 3, 20; id. Eun. 5, 9, 8 al.; Cic. Lael. 27, 103; id. Rep. 1, 43; 3, 9 et saep.—
(b) Gen., in the comic poets only the ante-class. form domi:
haud quod tui me neque domi distaedeat,Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 5:
commeminit domi,id. Trin. 4, 3, 20; cf.:
domi focique fac vicissim ut memineris,Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 45:
domi cupio (i.q. cupidus sum),Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 22; acc. to Don. Ter. l. l.: decora domi, Caecil. ap. Don. l. l.: conviva domi, Afran. ap. Non. 337, 23. But since Varro (except as infra, 2.):
domūs,Varr. L. L. 5, § 162 Müll. (twice); Cat. 64, 246; Verg. G. 4, 209; id. A. 1, 356; 4, 318; 645; 6, 27; 53; 81; Hor. C. 4, 12, 6; id. S. 2, 5, 108; Ov. M. 2, 737; Stat. S. 5, 2, 77; Suet. Caes. 81 et saep. The uncontr. form domuis, Varr. ap. Non. 491, 22; and Nigidius, acc. to Gell. 4, 16, 1; the form domos, used by Augustus exclusively, acc. to Suet. Aug. 87 (or domuos, acc. to Ritschl; v. Neue Formenl. 1, 362; cf. SENATVOS from senatus in the S. C. de Bacan.).—
(g) Dat.:
domo,Cato R. R. 134, 2; 139; 141, 2; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 13 (ex conj. Lachm.; also Lucr. 5, 1267);
much more freq. domui,Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 8; Quint. 1, 10, 32; 7, 1, 53 Spald. and Zumpt N. cr.; Tac. H. 4, 68; Ov. M. 4, 66; id. Tr. 1, 2, 101; 3, 12, 50; id. Pont. 1, 2, 108; 3, 1, 75.—
(d) Acc.:
domum,Plaut. Aul. prol. 3; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 54; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 90; Cic. Rep. 1, 39; 2, 5; 6, 19; 23; 26 et saep.—Apoc. form do = dw= (for dw=ma): endo suam do, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 436 P.; and ap. Aus. Idyll. 12, 18 (Ann. v. 563 ed. Vahl.).—(e) Voc.: domus, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139; id. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102; 3, 58, 217; Nov. ap. Non. 510; Verg. A. 2, 241.—(z) Abl., usually domo, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 27; id. Curc. 1, 3, 53 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 18; Cic. Rep. 2, 4; id. Off. 1, 39, 139 (four times) et saep.:
domu,Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 48; Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 45; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128; Inscr. Grut. 599, 8; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 5.—
b Plur.
(a) Nom., only domus, Verg. G. 4, 481; Liv. 3, 32, 2; 42, 1, 10; Suet. Ner. 38.—
(b) Gen.: domorum (poet.), Lucr. 1, 354; 489 saep.; Verg. G. 4, 159; id. A. 2, 445;
usually domuum,Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 88; 8, 57, 82, § 221; Tac. A. 3, 24; 6, 45; Juv. 3, 72; Sen. Ep. 122, 9; Dig. 33, 2, 32, § 2 et saep.—
(g) Dat. and abl., only domibus, Varr. L. L. 5, § 160 Müll.; Caes. B. G. 6, 11, 2; id. B. C. 3, 42 fin.; Quint. 9, 4, 4; Tac. A. 3, 6; id. H. 1, 4; id. G. 46; Verg. G. 2, 443; Hor. C. 1, 22, 22; id. S. 2, 6, 71 et saep.—
(d) Acc. usually domos, Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 19; Lucr. 1, 18; 6, 241; Cic. Rep. 1, 13 (twice); Caes. B. G. 1, 30, 3; id. B. C. 3, 82, 4; Sall. C. 12, 3 and 4; Verg. G. 1, 182 et saep. The MSS. often vary between domos and domus; cf. Beier Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64; Drak. Liv. 3, 29, 5; Oud. Suet. Claud. 25; so Verg. A. 1, 140; id. G 4, 446 al. The form domus is certain, Att. ap. Gell. 14, 1, 34; Quadrig. ib. 17, 2, 5; so Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 4, § 7; Liv. 45, 1, 10.—
2 Adverbial forms.
a Domi (also domui in good MSS. of Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 13; id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51; id. Mil. 7, 16; id. Att. 12, 25, 1; id. Off. 3, 26, 99; and Auct. Her. 4, 30, 41; 4, 54, 67;
v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 540),at home, in the house, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 12 et saep; Ter. And. 3, 2, 34 et saep.; Cic. Lael. 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 13; id. Fin. 5, 15, 42 et saep.; Verg. E. 3, 33; Hor. S. 1, 1, 67; id. Ep. 1, 5, 3 et saep.; cf.
opp. foris,Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 33; id. Merc. 3, 4, 2 (twice); Cic. Phil. 2, 11, 26; Sall. C. 52, 21 et saep.:
meae domi,Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 18; id. Most. 1, 3, 34; id. Mil. 2, 2, 3; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 15; and in the order domi meae, Cato ap. Charis. p. 101 P.; Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 36; Cic. Fam. 10, 25 fin.:
tuae domi,id. ib. 4, 7, 4:
suae domi,Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 43;
and in the order domi suae,Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 50; Cic. Mil. 7; id. Caecin. 4, 10; Quint. 1, 1, 22 al.:
nostrae domi,Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 9; id. Poen. 4, 2, 16; Cic. Tusc. 5, 39;
and in the order domi nostrae,Plaut. Most. 4, 1, 18; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2:
alienae domi,id. Tusc. 1, 22, 51; id. Fam. 4, 7, 4; id. Dom. 40, 105:
domi Caesaris,id. Att. 1, 12, 3; 2, 7, 3 Orell. N. cr.:
istius domi (educatus),id. Quint. 5, 21; cf.:
domi illius (fuisti),id. Div. in Caecil. 18, 58; id. Cluent. 60, 165:
cujus domi fueras,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 42: id. Phil. 2, 14, 35; 2, 19, 48; id. Fam. 9, 3 fin.—
b Domum, home, homewards, to the house, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 40 et saep.; Ter. And. 1, 5, 20 et saep.; Cic. Lael. 3, 12; Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25; id. Ac. 1, 3 et saep.; Verg. E. 1, 36; 10, 77 et saep.:
domum meam,Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; id. Fam. 9, 19:
domum suam,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 31; Cic. Rep. 1, 14; 2, 9; id. Rosc. Am. 18 fin.; Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 4 al.:
domum regiam (comportant),Sall. J. 76 fin.:
Pomponii domum (venisse),Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112:
domum Roscii,id. Rosc. Com. 9, 26:
cujusdam hominis nobilis domum,id. Or. in Toga Cand. p. 521 ed. Orell.:
domum reditio,Caes. B. G. 1, 5:
domum concursus,id. B. C. 1, 53.—When more persons than one are spoken of, the plur. is freq. used:
domos,Liv. 3, 5; 27, 51; 28, 2; Curt. 9, 8, 1 al.:
domos nostras,Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 19:
domos suas,Sall. J. 66, 3; and: suas domos, Liv 2, 7; but the sing. also:
Suebi domum reverti coeperunt,Caes. B. G. 1, 54.—Sometimes also with in and acc.:
rex in domum se recepit,Liv. 44, 45:
in domos atque in tecta refugere,id. 26, 10:
cur non introeo in nostram domum?Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 253; id. Capt. 4, 4, 3:
venisse in M. Laecae domum,Cic. Cat. 1, 4; cf. Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 2; and Suet. Vesp. 5.—
c Domo.
(a) From home, out of the house, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 4; id. Stich. 1, 1, 29; id. Trin. 4, 3, 3; id. Mil. 4, 2, 7 et saep.; Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 19; id. Phorm. 4, 1, 20; Cic. Rep. 1, 12; id. Fl. 6, 14; id. Or. 26, 89 et saep.—
(b) For domi, at home, in the house (rare):
domo sibi quaerere remedium,Cic. Clu. 9, 27:
haec ubi domo nascuntur,Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2:
domo se tenere,Nep. Epam. 10, 3:
domo abditus,Suet. Caes. 20 tabulae domo asservantur, App. Apol. p. 541.—With in:
in domo furtum factum ab eo, qui domi fuit,Quint. 5, 10, 16:
rem quam e villa mea surripuit, in domo mea ponat,Sen. Const. Sap. 7 med.:
in domo sua facere mysteria,Nep. Alcib. 3 fin.:
quid illuc clamoris obsecro in nostra domo est?Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 29; id. Ps. 1, 1, 82; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 26:
educatus in domo Pericli,Nep. Alcib. 2; so,
in domo ejus,id. Lys. 3, 5; Tac. A. 4, 21.—
3 In colloq. lang.: domi habere aliquid, to have a thing at home, i. e. to have it about one, to have in abundance, to be provided with it, to have or know it one's self:
domi habet animum falsiloquum ... Domi dolos, domi delenifica facta, domi fallacias,Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 36 sq.:
domi habuit unde disceret,Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 59 Ruhnk. In a like sense:
id quidem domi est,Cic. Att. 10, 14, 2; cf. Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 4: sed quid ego nunc haec ad te, cujus domi nascuntur? glau=k' ei)s *)aqh/nas, Cic. Fam. 9, 3 fin.—
B Poet. transf., any sort of building or abode. So of the labyrinth, Verg. A. 6, 27;
of a sacred grotto,id. ib. 6, 81;
of the abode of the gods,id. ib. 10, 1; 101; Ov. M. 4, 736; 6, 269 al.;
of the winds,Verg. G. 1, 371; Ov. M. 1, 279;
of animals,Verg. G. 2, 209; id. A. 5, 214; Stat. Th. 1, 367;
of birds,Verg. A. 8, 235;
of Danaë's prison,Prop. 2, 20, 12 (3, 13, 12 M.);
of the tomb: marmorea,Tib. 3, 2, 22;
the same, DOMVS AETERNA,Inscr. Orell. 1174; 4525 sq.:
AETERNALIS,ib. 4518 (cf. in Heb. for the grave, Eccl. 12, 5); and:
CERTA,ib. 4850;
of the body, as the dwelling of the soul,Ov. M. 15, 159; 458 et saep.
II Meton.
A In a wider sense, one's native place, country, home. M. Su. Siculus sum Syracusanus. M. So. Ea domus et patria est mihi, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 10;
so (with patria),id. Merc. 3, 4, 68; Verg. A. 7, 122; also with patria as an adjective, Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 2; Ov. M. 11, 269; cf. also Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 41; Verg. A. 5, 638; Ov. M. 13, 227 al.: domi aetatem agere, opp. patriă procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6; cf. Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 75; id. Capt. 2, 1, 3; id. Poen. 5, 2, 6; Caes. B. G. 1, 18, 6; 1, 20, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17; id. Q. Fr. 2, 14 fin.; Sall. C. 17, 4; id. J. 8, 1 et saep.:
legiones reveniunt domum,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 33; so id. ib. 52; Cic. Fam. 7, 5; Caes. B. C. 1, 34, 3; Liv. 23, 20 al.:
ut (Galli) domo emigrent,Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 14:
qui genus? unde domo?Verg. A. 8, 114; 10, 183.—Hence, the phrases belli domique, and domi militiaeque, in war and peace, v. bellum and militia;
and cf.: noster populus in pace et domi imperat ... in bello sic paret, ut, etc.,Cic. Rep. 1, 40.—
B A household, family, race (cf. the Gr. oi)=kos, and the Heb. , v. Gesen. Lex. s. h. v. 7):
domus te nostra tota salutat,Cic. Att. 4, 12; id. Fam. 13, 46; Liv. 3, 32; Quint. 7, 1, 53 (twice); Tac. A. 3, 55; id. Agr. 19; Suet. Aug. 25; Verg. A. 1, 284; 3, 97:
tota domus duo sunt,Ov. M. 8, 636; id. F. 4, 544; Hor. C. 1, 6, 8; 3, 6, 26; Vulg. Matt. 10, 6 et saep.—Hence,
b In philos lang., a philosophical school, sect, Cic. Ac. 1, 4; Sen. Ep. 29 fin.; id. Ben. 5, 15.