habitation Copy link Outline 1. dŏmĭcĭlium2. tectum (any place of shelter or abode) • habitation: 1. dŏmĭcĭlium: v. dwelling-place, abode. 2. tectum (any place of shelter or abode): a collection of h.s, conjunctio tectorum, Cic. Rep. 1, 26: Caes.