domestic (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Belonging to the family1. dŏmestĭcus2. fămĭliāris, eII. Internal, as of a kingdom1. dŏmestĭcus2. intestīnusIII. Fond of home lifeIV. Of animals kept about the farm-house1. villātĭcus2. cŏhortālis, e (kept in the court or farm-yard)3. dŏmestĭcus (rare) • domestic (adj.): I. Belonging to the family: 1. dŏmestĭcus: d. grief, d. luctus, Cic.: d. religious ceremonies, d. religio, Suet.: d. and public affairs, d. et publica, Cic. 2. fămĭliāris, e: d. cares, curae f., Tac.: in-door d. life, interior et f. vita, Suet.: v. family. Phr.: outside the d. circle, extra domum, Cic.: he shared with him the d. circle, quicum domus fuit [et militia] communis, Cic.: straitened d. circumstances, res angusta domi, Juv. II. Internal, as of a kingdom: 1. dŏmestĭcus: to defend the city from d. plots, urbem a d. insidiis defendere, Cic. 2. intestīnus: v. internal. III. Fond of home life: perh. frŭgi: (Penelope) so d. and so chaste, tam frugi tamque pudica, Hor.: *diligens rerum domesticarum; quae domi manere potius quam foras cursitare solet. IV. Of animals kept about the farm-house: 1. villātĭcus: d. fowl, v. gallinae, Varr.: Col.: a d. hound, canis v., Col.: Plin. 2. cŏhortālis, e (kept in the court or farm-yard): d. birds, c. aves, Col. 3. dŏmestĭcus (rare): d. quadrupeds, d. quadrupedes, Cels. (R. and A.).