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

 

• IPA^(key): /dó.mos/ → /ˈðo.mos/ → /ˈðo.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dó.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.mos/

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

Second declension of ὁ δόμος; τοῦ δόμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δόμος ho dómos	τὼ δόμω tṑ dómō	οἱ δόμοι hoi dómoi
Genitive	τοῦ δόμου toû dómou	τοῖν δόμοιν toîn dómoin	τῶν δόμων tôn dómōn
Dative	τῷ δόμῳ tôi dómōi	τοῖν δόμοιν toîn dómoin	τοῖς δόμοις toîs dómois
Accusative	τὸν δόμον tòn dómon	τὼ δόμω tṑ dómō	τοὺς δόμους toùs dómous
Vocative	δόμε dóme	δόμω dómō	δόμοι dómoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of δόμος; δόμου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	δόμος dómos	δόμω dómō	δόμοι dómoi
Genitive	δόμου / δομοῖο / δόμοιο / δομόο / δόμοο dómou / domoîo / dómoio / domóo / dómoo	δόμοιῐν dómoiin	δόμων dómōn
Dative	δόμῳ dómōi	δόμοιῐν dómoiin	δόμοισῐ / δόμοισῐν / δόμοις dómoisi(n) / dómois
Accusative	δόμον dómon	δόμω dómō	δόμους dómous
Vocative	δόμε dóme	δόμω dómō	δόμοι dómoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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^[1], 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.