domesticus

Latin

Etymology

From domus +‎ -ticus, on the analogy of rūsticus.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /doˈmes.ti.kus/, [dɔˈmɛs.tɪ.kʊs]

Adjective

domesticus (feminine domestica, neuter domesticum); first/second declension

  1. Of the house; domestic; familiar; native
  2. (New Latin) Used as a species epithet

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative domesticus domestica domesticum domesticī domesticae domestica
Genitive domesticī domesticae domesticī domesticōrum domesticārum domesticōrum
Dative domesticō domesticae domesticō domesticīs domesticīs domesticīs
Accusative domesticum domesticam domesticum domesticōs domesticās domestica
Ablative domesticō domesticā domesticō domesticīs domesticīs domesticīs
Vocative domestice domestica domesticum domesticī domesticae domestica

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • domesticus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • domesticus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • domesticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • domesticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be acquainted with the history of one's own land: domestica (externa) nosse
    • to keep house: rem domesticam, familiarem administrare, regere, curare
    • a civil war: bellum intestinum, domesticum (opp. bellum externum)
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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