Meaning of domus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. house, home (the building where a person lives)
   declension-2, declension-4, irregular
2. a townhouse
   declension-2, declension-4, irregular
3. any dwelling-place or abode (of people or animals)
   declension-2, declension-4, irregular
4. the place of one's birth or residence, native country, town
   declension-2, declension-4, irregular
5. household, family (the dependants of the head of a house)
   declension-2, declension-4, irregular
6. a group of disciples, school; an intellectual movement
   declension-2, declension-4, irregular
7. house, dynasty
   declension-2, declension-4, irregular
8. one's own possessions or resources
   declension-2, declension-4, idiomatic, irregular
9. peace
   declension-2, declension-4, idiomatic, irregular

Equivalents

Examples

“Deō domuīque”

For God and for home (motto of Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne)

“Stet fortūna domūs”

Let the good fortune of the house stand (motto of Harrow School, England)

“nox erat et tōta lūmina nūlla domō”

It was night, and [there were] no lights in the whole house.

“domum trahere”

to drag into one's pocket

“Domī versūra fit.”

One is one's own creditor. (proverb)

“domō afferre”

to conceive on one's own

“id nunc experior domō”

Now I'm learning this first-hand.

“bellī domīque; bellō domīque; vel bellī vel domī; domī bellōque; domī mīlitiaeque”

in war and peace

“ut non quietior populus domi esset quam militiae”

so that the people should not become lazier in the time of peace than that of war

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