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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to overcome one's passions: coercere, cohibere, continere, domitas habere cupiditates