Etymology

From , from root . Cognates include Ancient Greek and Sanskrit . The same PIE root also gave Old English (English ).

Noun

domus (genitive domūs or domī); , fourth declension (irregular)

1. house, home

Usage notes

Domus is one of three common nouns that take the locative case, the other two being rus and humus. It is irregular in that it has a mix of second and fourth declension forms, the second declension forms being more commonly used in place constructions.

Inflection

See also

• aedēs
• aedificium
• casa
• domicilium
• habitātiō

• mansiō
• mōlēs
• sēdēs
• tēctum
• tugurium