domesticus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. Of the house; domestic; familiar; native

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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 domesticō domesticīs
Accusative domesticum domesticam domesticum domesticōs domesticās domestica
Ablative domesticō domesticā domesticō domesticīs
Vocative domestice domestica domesticum domesticī domesticae domestica

Derived terms

Descendants
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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, →ISBN
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