Significatio vocis domus | Babel Free
[ˈdɔ.mʊs]Definitiones
- house, home (the building where a person lives)
- a townhouse
- any dwelling-place or abode (of people or animals)
- the place of one's birth or residence, native country, town
- household, family (the dependants of the head of a house)
- a group of disciples, school; an intellectual movement
- house, dynasty
- one's own possessions or resources
- peace
Exempla
“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
Gradus CEFR
B1
Medius
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
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