domicilium Latin · revision 31257

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *dem-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [dɔ.mɪˈkɪ.li.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [do.miˈt͡ʃiː.li.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''domicilium''' ''n'' (genitive domiciliī or domicilī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|domus|t=house]], but how is not clear.^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) The OLD compares the second part with [[m|la|colō|t=to inhabit]], and Wiktionary and Etymonline give that view;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Lewis and Short connect it instead with the root of [[m|la|cēlō|t=to hide]] and [[m|la|cella|t=storeroom]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨domus⟩ from [[itc-pro|*domo-|t=house]] and [[ine-pro|*dem-|t=house]], cognate with [[sa|दम्|tr=dám-|t=house]] and [[grc|δόμος|tr=dómos|t=house]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Plautus as its first author.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a dwelling place, habitation or domicile, and ''domicilium habēre'' is to be domiciled.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Figuratively it is a seat or home of something, as Cicero's colonists of Capua settled in “the home of arrogance”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “house, home, dwelling, abode”, and in canon law it is the legal status gained in a parish and a diocese by residence or the intention of living there.^(Stelten 1995) It gave English [[m|en|domicile]] in the mid-15th century, through Old French and directly.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of the home of arrogance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''domicile''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A dwelling, habitation, [[m|en|abode]], [[m|en|domicile]];^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''domicilium habēre'', to be domiciled.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(figurative)'' A seat, home (of something).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(canon law)'' Legal residence in a parish or diocese.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[domus]]

+ * [[colō]]

+ * [[habitātiō]]

+ * [[sēdēs]]

+ * [[en|domicile]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}