house (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A dwelling1. dŏmus, ūs and i, abl. -o, f. (gen. term2. aedes, ium, f. (sing. = temple, chapel3. villa (strictly, a farm.-h.4. tectum (a covering over-head; any dwelling-place, however homely or mean)5. dŏmĭcĭlium6. insŭla (v. supr. 1)II. Those living in a houseIII. Race, stock1. gens, ntis, f. (esp. with ref. to the gentes or "houses" of Roman citizens)2. stirps, gĕnusIV. A legislative bodyV. An assembly of people; whether in the senatehouse or in a theatre • house (subs.): I. A dwelling: 1. dŏmus, ūs and i, abl. -o, f. (gen. term: also in special sense, the private h. of an inhabitant of the capital; houses occupied by a number of tenants being called insulae): a handsome, highly respectable h., d. praeclara et plena dignitatis, Cic. Off. 1, 39, init.: at Caesar's h., domi Caesaris, Cic. Att. 1, 12 (v. home): so small a h., tam angusta d., Phaedr. 3, 9, 7. (The dimin. domuscula or domuncula is without good authority.) 2. aedes, ium, f. (sing. = temple, chapel: aedes denotes a h. as a building; domus as an abode): (statues) in the centre of his h., in mediis aedibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, fin.: a moderate-sized h., modicae ae., Suet. Caes. 46: a poor, mean h., sordidae ae., id. Tit. 1: a h. remarkable neither for size nor splendour, ae. neque laxitate neque cultu conspicuae, id. Aug. 72. Dimin. aediculae (a small h.), Cic. Par. 6, 3, 50. 3. villa (strictly, a farm.-h.: hence, a country-h., opp. to one in town): v. FARM-HOUSE. 4. tectum (a covering over-head; any dwelling-place, however homely or mean): the squalor of a dilapidated h. (hut), obsoleti t. sordes, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 7: a collection of h.s, conjunctio tectorum, Cic. Rep. 1, 26. 5. dŏmĭcĭlium: v. dwelling-place. 6. insŭla (v. supr. 1): the rents of such h.s., fructus insularum, Cic. Att. 16, 1: a h. on fire, insula occupata igni, Gell. 15, 1. Phr.: will you be at my h. to-day (an invitation), hodie apud me sis volo, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 110: I happened to be dining at Pompey's h., casu apud Pompeium coenavi, Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 2: it is your matter, when your neighbour's h. is on fire, tua res agitur paries quum proximus ardet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84: the adjoining h. of Ucalegon, proximus Ucalegon, Virg. Aen. 2, 312: h.s of ill fame, lustra, Hor. (v. brothel). II. Those living in a house: dŏmus, fămĭlia: v. family (I.). III. Race, stock: 1. gens, ntis, f. (esp. with ref. to the gentes or "houses" of Roman citizens): the Fabian, Cornelian, Claudian h., etc., gens Fabia, Cornelia, Claudia, etc.: v. Dict. Ant. p. 568. 2. stirps, gĕnus: v. stock, race, family (II.) IV. A legislative body: perh. senatorum ordo: the law was carried through both h.s, *utriusque ordinis senatores decreverunt ut lex rata fleret; auctoribus utriusque ordinis senatoribus lex perlata est. V. An assembly of people; whether in the senatehouse or in a theatre: a full h. (senate) frequens senatus, Cic. Fam. 10., 12., med.: this he repeated amid the acclamations of the h. ("this brought down the h.")., haec totius theatri clamore dixit, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 2.
house (v.) Copy link Outline I. To receive in one's houseII. To store fruits, grain • house (v.): I. To receive in one's house: tecto, hospĭtio, domo excipio, recipio, etc.: v. to entertain. II. To store fruits, grain: condo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: to get in crops and h. them, fructus percipere, c., Cic. Sen. 7, fin.: v. to store up. Join: [fructus] condere ac reponere, Cic. N. D. 2, 62., fin.
HOUSE Copy link • HOUSE 1. s. domus (a house or a place for living in, with all its appurtenances, as, the house PROP. so called, the court, garden, etc. [hence = mansion, palace]; also that of animals, as, of the turtle; then, also, metonymy = house affairs; again = the family inhabiting the house; and, general term, the house of a citizen): aedes, plur.; aedificium (the dwelling-house, the building; opposed to other places or single parts of it; Vid: Nep., Att., 13, 4, domus amoenitas non aedificio sed silva constabat. Ipsum enim tectum, etc.): domicilium (general term, a dwelling-place or residence, which anyone occupies for a certain space of time; Vid: Caes., B.G., 6, 30, aedificium circumdatum est silva, ut fere sunt domicilia Gallorum, etc.): insula (a large building, separated on all sides from other buildings; the slave who had the superintendence of such was called insularius): tectum (PROP., a roof, frequently used by the Romans for “house,” considered as a place of protection): familia (the inhabitants of a house, especially the servants; then, also, the family from which anyone is descended): genus (the family from which anyone is descended): res familiaris (house affairs): A small house, domuncula: aediculae: casa (a cottage, hut): a large town house, palatium: moles (in respect of immense extent): in the house, domi: in or at my house, domi meae; in domo mea; domi apud me (☞ domi meae, tuae, suae, nostrae, vestrae, alienae; but with any other adjective, or with genitive of the possessor, the preposition is preferred; e.g., in domo Caesaris, though even Cic. says domi Caesaris; Vid: HOME): from house to house, per domos; ostiatim (from door to door): to search anybody’s house, inquirere apud aliquem (general term, Cic., Att., 1, 16, 12); to order anybody’s house to be searched, immissis (lictoribus ceterisque) publicis ministris angulatim sedulo cuncta perlustrari jubere (Apul., Met., 9, p. 237, 25; ☞ Petronius, 98, 1): to search anybody’s house for stolen goods, apud aliquem rem furtivam quaexeie (Justinus, Inst., 4, 1); furtum quaerere in domo alicujus (Fest. p. 199, Dac.). ☞ The “act of searching anybody’s house” was scrutinium (Apul., Met., 9, p. 237, 25): to find the stolen goods in anybody’s house, rem furtivam in alicujus domo deprendere: to set one’s house in order, omnes res diligentissime constituere (Hirt., B. Afr., 88): sarcinas colligere, antequam proficiscar e vita (= prepare for death, Varr., R.R., 1, init.): to leave or quit a house, emigrare (e) domo (opposed to immigrare in domum, to get into a new house): to keep open house, alicui quotidie sic cena coquitur, ut invocatis amicis una cenare liceat (after Nep., Cim., 4, 3): property in houses, urbanum praedium (applying not only to property in towns, but to the possession of any buildings: ☞ Ulp., Dig., 50, 16, 198). The affairs of the house; Vid: “DOMESTIC affairs” House and home, sedes (a residence): fundus (an estate, land and house): domus et fundus, or domus et possessiones (a house and estate or possession). To drive anyone from house and home, exturbare aliquem e possessionibus, or bonis patriis, or laribus patriis, or fortunis omnibus: to leave house and home (in order to go into a foreign country), domum et propinquos relinquere (to leave one’s home and relations): to fight for house and home, pro tectis moenibusque dimicare; pro aris et focis pugnare (both of the inhabitants of a town, country, etc.). The master, the mistress of a house, herus, hera (in respect of those under them); pater, mater familias or familiae (in respect of the family): the people (servants) of the house, domestici, familia: back of the house, postica pars or posticae partes aedium, domus postica (the building or buildings behind); aversa domus pars (as opposed to the front of the house; the windows of which look into the court): to creep out through the back of the house, domo postica clam egredi; per aversam domus partem furtim degredi: from my, our house, a me, a nobis (especially in Plaut. and Terentianus): to keep the house, domi or domo se tenere or retinere (general terms): publico carere or se abstinere; in publicum non prodire (to show one’s self seldom in public); domo non excedere or non egredi (not to stir from the house); domo abdi (to hide one’s self in one’s house): never to quit the house, domo pedem non efferre: to be in the house [Vid: “to be at HOME”]: to drive anybody from one’s house, aliquem domo expellere, extrudere, or ejicere; aliquem foras trudere. To entertain in one’s house, hospitio accipere or excipere aliquem; hospitio domum ad se recipere aliquem, hospitium alicui praebere (as a guest); in domum suam recipere aliquem tecto accipere or recipere aliquem; tectum praebere alicui (general terms, to receive into one’s house, under one’s roof; accipere, more as a friend; excipere and recipere, as a protector, etc.); recipere, receptare aliquem or aliquem ad se (to receive to one’s self, especially of those who conceal thieves, etc.; hence called receptores): to be received into anybody’s house, esse in hospitio apud aliquem; hospitio alicujus uti. 2. v. To place under shelter for protection, condere (e.g., frumentum): contegere. (The words are found in this connection and order.) condere et reponere (e.g., fructus); reponere contegereque (e.g., arma omnia, Caes.): in tecta contegere (e.g., troops, milites). Receive under one’s roof, tecto recipere aliquem (Caes., B.G., 7, 66, 7): recipere aliquem in tectum (Plaut., Rud., 2, 7, 16): hospitio aliquem excipere: moenibus tectisque accipere aliquem: tectis et sedibus recipere aliquem (these two of the inhabitants of a town harboring soldiers, exiles, etc.): stabulare (general term, to place animals in a stall, Varr., R.R., 1, 21). To be housed, tectum subiisse (of a person): stabulari (post- Augustan, of animals): or the passives of the verbs above given. INTRANS., To reside under anybody’s roof, habitare cum aliquo (also used IMPROP., as Milton, etc., use “to house;” e.g., hiems habitat in Alpinis jugis). Vid: RESIDE.