δόμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dómos, from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm. Cognates include Latin domus, Sanskrit दम (dáma), Bulgarian дом (dom), and Old Armenian տուն (tun).

Pronunciation

Noun

δόμος • (dómos) m (genitive δόμου); second declension

1. horizontal beam at the top of some columns serving as a fixed portico or porch
2. house
3. household
4. fixed dwelling for some animals: barn, wasp's nest, snake's hole
5. (astrology) domicile of a planet

Inflection

Synonyms

• οἶκος (oîkos)

Derived terms

• πρόδομος (pródomos)

Related terms

• δέμω (démō)

Further reading

• “δόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δόμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δόμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δόμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δόμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “δόμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abode idem, page 2.
  • apartment idem, page 33.
  • chamber idem, page 123.
  • domicile idem, page 247.
  • dwelling idem, page 257.
  • family idem, page 305.
  • home idem, page 403.
  • house idem, page 408.
  • household idem, page 408.
  • room idem, page 721.