domitus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of domō.

Participle

domitus (feminine domita, neuter domitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. tamed
  2. subdued, conquered, vanquished
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative domitus domita domitum domitī domitae domita
Genitive domitī domitae domitī domitōrum domitārum domitōrum
Dative domitō domitō domitīs
Accusative domitum domitam domitum domitōs domitās domita
Ablative domitō domitā domitō domitīs
Vocative domite domita domitum domitī domitae domita
Descendants
  • Galician: dondo
  • Spanish: duendo
  • French: dompté

Etymology 2

Either from domus +‎ -ītus, as if from *domīre, or same as Etymology 1.

Adjective

domī̆tus (feminine domī̆ta, neuter domī̆tum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (hapax, in a pun) kept at home, housebound
    • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 105:
      domī domī̆tus sum ūsque cum cāreis meīs.
      I’m/I've been constantly housebound in my house with my loved ones.
Usage notes

It's uncertain whether this is a separate word, or a one-time coining in a pun to be equated with the participle.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative domī̆tus domī̆ta domī̆tum domī̆tī domī̆tae domī̆ta
Genitive domī̆tī domī̆tae domī̆tī domī̆tōrum domī̆tārum domī̆tōrum
Dative domī̆tō domī̆tō domī̆tīs
Accusative domī̆tum domī̆tam domī̆tum domī̆tōs domī̆tās domī̆ta
Ablative domī̆tō domī̆tā domī̆tō domī̆tīs
Vocative domī̆te domī̆ta domī̆tum domī̆tī domī̆tae domī̆ta

Further reading
  • “domitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “domitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • domitus 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)
  • domitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to overcome one's passions: coercere, cohibere, continere, domitas habere cupiditates
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