domo Latin · revision 4677

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *demh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdɔ.moː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdɔː.mo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''domō''' (present infinitive domāre, perfect active domuī, supine domitum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Petronius has a participle ''domāta'', and a perfect ''domāvī'' is reported.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*domaje-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*domh₂-eie/o-|t=to tame]], a causative.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|दमयति|tr=damáyati|t=tames]], [[grc|δαμάζω|tr=damázō|t=to tame]], [[sga|daimid|t=allows, gives in]] and [[goh|zemmen|t=to tame]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus speaks of buying broken-in oxen.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was to tame or break in animals, as Cicero's wild beasts, to subdue in war, as on a triumphal inscription for a victory over the Ligurians, and to bring people under control.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It was used of controlling emotions and impulses, and of making things usable, as by pressing them in a press.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval Latin it was to tame, subdue and conquer.^(MLW) It survives as [[it|domare]] and [[es|domar]].^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''danter'', from the frequentative [[domitō]], it gave English ''daunt'', and ''indomitable'' comes from the same verb.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of oxen.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of taming wild beasts.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''daunt'' is recorded as “to subdue”.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1630s – English ''indomitable'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|tame]], break in.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To subdue, conquer (in war).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To bring under control (people, emotions).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make (something) usable.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[condomo]]

+ * [[dedomo]]

+ * [[domābilis]]

+ * [[domātor]]

+ * [[domefactus]]

+ * [[domitō]]

+ * [[domitor]]

+ * [[domitrix]]

+ * [[domitūra]]

+ * [[domī̆tus]]

+ * [[ēdomō]]

+ * [[indomitus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|daunt]]

+ * [[en|indomitable]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}