domo

See also: domó, domò, dōmo, and -domo

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈdo.mu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdo.mo]

Verb

domo

1. first-person singular present indicative of domar

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Polish dom, Russian дом (dom), Latin domus, Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from *dem- (“to build”). Cognate with French dôme (“dome; cathedral”), Italian duomo (“cathedral”), German Dom (“cathedral”), Portuguese domo (“dome”), English dome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdomo/

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• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: do‧mo

Noun

domo (accusative singular domon, plural domoj, accusative plural domojn)

1. house

   Kiam mia edzino mortis, nia hejmo fariĝis simple domo.

   When my wife died, our home became merely a house.

Derived terms

• doma (“household”)
• domaĉo (“hovel”)
• domaro (“settlement”)
• domego (“mansion”)
• dometo (“hut”)

Related terms

• hejmo (“home”)

Further reading

• “domo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “domo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present

Ido

Etymology

Derived from Esperanto domo, from Russian дом (dom), Latin domus, both from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mo/, /ˈdɔ.mɔ/

Noun

domo (plural domi)

1. house

   Ico esas mea domo ed ancestrala hemo di mea familio.

   This is my house and my family's ancestral home.

2. dwelling; building for a specific purpose

Synonyms

• hemo

Antonyms

• mondo

Derived terms

• dometo (“small house, cottage”)
  • hanodometo (“henhouse”)
• domego (“mansion”)
• domala (“domestic”)
• domestro (“head of house”)
• domacho (“hovel”)
• domochefo (“major-domo”)
• domofurtisto (“housebreaker”)
• domo-guvernisto (“housekeeper”)
• farmodomo (“farmhouse”)
• incendio-domo (“fire station”)

Italian

Etymology 1

Unsuffixed past participle of domare (“to tame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mo/, /ˈdɔ.mo/
• Rhymes: -omo, -ɔmo
• Hyphenation: dó‧mo, dò‧mo

Participle

domo (feminine doma, masculine plural domi, feminine plural dome)

1. (literary) past participle of domare

Adjective

domo (feminine doma, masculine plural domi, feminine plural dome)

1. (literary) tamed

   Synonym: domato

   Antonyms: (literary) indomito, (poetic) indomo

Related terms

• domare
• indomo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French dôme, ultimately from Ancient Greek δῶμα (dôma, “house; housetop, roof”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɔmo
• Hyphenation: dò‧mo

Noun

domo m (plural domi)

1. (literary) dome, vault
2. (literary, figurative) sky

Related terms

• duomo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mo/, /ˈdɔ.mo/
• Rhymes: -omo, -ɔmo
• Hyphenation: dó‧mo, dò‧mo

Verb

domo

1. first-person singular present indicative of domare

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɔmo
• Hyphenation: dò‧mo

Noun

domo m (plural domi)

1. alternative form of duomo

Anagrams

• modo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔ.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɔː.mo]

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Ultimately from the root *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”).

• De Vaan suggests that the term derives from Proto-Italic *domaō, from earlier *domajō, from Proto-Indo-European *domh₂-éye-ti, an iterative term from *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”). This same Proto-Indo-European term may be attested in Sanskrit दमयति (damayati) and Gothic gatamjan
• Sihler suggests that e-grade would be more usual for such a term, and therefore proposes a pre-form *demā-, which may have evolved into domō via the same phonological development found in vomō (from earlier *wemō). De Vaan, however, suggests that the term more likely derives from a causative due the presence of ā-suffix combined with the lack of a nasal-infix or an s-suffix.
• Kroonen compares the term to Old High German zahmen and suggests that the term derives from Proto-Indo-European *domh₂eh₂yéti.

Cognate with Sanskrit दाम्यति (dāmyati), Ancient Greek δαμνάω (damnáō), Old High German zemmen and the Proto-Germanic adjective *tamaz.

Verb

domō (present infinitive domāre, perfect active domuī, supine domitum); first conjugation

1. to tame, break in

   Synonyms: subiciō, sopio, mītigō, coërceo, mānsuēscō, mānsuētō, lēniō, sileo, sedo, permulceō, mānsuēfaciō, ēlevō, allevō, alleviō

2. to subdue, conquer, vanquish

   Synonyms: subigō, subiciō, dēvincō, vincō, pācō, conquestō, cohibeō, superō, expugnō, prōflīgō, caedō, obruō, exsuperō, pellō, ēvincō, opprimō, premō, fundō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of domō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	domō		domās		domat		domāmus		domātis		domant
	imperfect	domābam		domābās		domābat		domābāmus		domābātis		domābant
	future	domābō		domābis		domābit		domābimus		domābitis		domābunt
	perfect	domuī		domuistī		domuit		domuimus		domuistis		domuērunt, domuēre
	pluperfect	domueram		domuerās		domuerat		domuerāmus		domuerātis		domuerant
	future perfect	domuerō		domueris		domuerit		domuerimus		domueritis		domuerint
passive	present	domor		domāris, domāre		domātur		domāmur		domāminī		domantur
	imperfect	domābar		domābāris, domābāre		domābātur		domābāmur		domābāminī		domābantur
	future	domābor		domāberis, domābere		domābitur		domābimur		domābiminī		domābuntur
	perfect	domitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	domitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	domitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	domem		domēs		domet		domēmus		domētis		doment
	imperfect	domārem		domārēs		domāret		domārēmus		domārētis		domārent
	perfect	domuerim		domuerīs		domuerit		domuerīmus		domuerītis		domuerint
	pluperfect	domuissem		domuissēs		domuisset		domuissēmus		domuissētis		domuissent
passive	present	domer		domēris, domēre		domētur		domēmur		domēminī		domentur
	imperfect	domārer		domārēris, domārēre		domārētur		domārēmur		domārēminī		domārentur
	perfect	domitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	domitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		domā		—		—		domāte		—
	future	—		domātō		domātō		—		domātōte		domantō
passive	present	—		domāre		—		—		domāminī		—
	future	—		domātor		domātor		—		—		domantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		domāre			domārī			domāns			—
future		domitūrum esse			domitum īrī			domitūrus			domandus
perfect		domuisse			domitum esse			—			domitus
future perfect		—			domitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		domitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		domandī		domandō		domandum		domandō		domitum		domitū

Related terms

• domābilis
• domitō
• domitor
• domitūra
• ēdomō

Descendants

• Asturian: adomar
• Corsican: dumà
• Friulian: domâ
• Galician: domar
• Italian: domare
• Piedmontese: domé
• Portuguese: domar
• Sicilian: dumari
• Spanish: domar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

domō f

1. dative/ablative singular of domus (“house, home, native country”)

References

• “domo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “domo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “domo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to starve a town into surrender: oppidum fame domare
    
  • (ambiguous) to rush out of the house: se proripere ex domo
    
  • (ambiguous) to welcome to one's house (opp. to shut one's door against some one): tecto, (in) domum suam aliquem recipere (opp. prohibere aliquem tecto, domo)
    
  • (ambiguous) to never set foot out of doors: domo pedem non efferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to escort a person from his house: deducere aliquem de domo
    
  • (ambiguous) to turn a person out of his house, his property: expellere aliquem domo, possessionibus pellere
    
  • (ambiguous) to live in some one's house: habitare in domo alicuius, apud aliquem (Acad. 2. 36. 115)
    
  • (ambiguous) to emigrate: domo emigrare (B. G. 1. 31)
    
  • (ambiguous) homeless: domo profugus (Liv. 1. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) to invite some one to one's house: invitare aliquem tecto ac domo or domum suam (Liv. 3. 14. 5)
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 178
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 128
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 116
• Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 508

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Derived from Italian duomo (“cathedral”), from Latin domus (“house”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdõ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdõ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mu/

Noun

domo m (plural domos)

1. (architecture) dome (hemispherical roof)

Derived terms

• domo de sal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdõ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdõ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.mu/

• Rhymes: -ɔmu, (Brazil) -õmu
• Hyphenation: do‧mo

Verb

domo

1. first-person singular present indicative of domar

Further reading

• “domo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “domo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• domu

Etymology

From Latin domus (“house”), from Proto-Italic *domos, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, derived from the root *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdomo/

Noun

domo f (plural domos)

1. house
2. home
3. family, lineage, birth

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdomo/ [ˈd̪o.mo]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: do‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French dôme, from Ancient Greek δῶμα (dôma, “house, housetop”).

Noun

domo m (plural domos)

1. (architecture) dome

   Synonyms: bóveda, cúpula

Etymology 2

Verb

domo

1. first-person singular present indicative of domar

Further reading

• “domo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

domo class V (plural madomo class VI)

1. augmentative of mdomo: large lip, large protuberance
2. brag, boasting

Volapük

Etymology

From dom +‎ -o.

Adverb

domo

1. at home