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Domo is the ablative case of domus and it is used here as an adverb, without any preposition.
Like in English, when you say "You come home". (= you come at home)
(But if you say "You come from home", in English you need the preposition "from")
Grammatically, in "you are home", or "you come home", "home" plays the role of an adverb.
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/home#ld_entry_v2_jumplink_home_2
Like in English, when you say "You come home". (= you come at home)
It would be "you come to home" ("to" for motion, "at" for location).
Domo: ablative of domus.
"Ablative of place from which describes active motion away from a place.
Used with ab/ā/abs, "from"; ex/ē, "out of"; or dē, "down from".
For example, ex agrīs, "from the fields"; ex Graeciā in Italiam nāvigāvērunt, "They sailed from Greece to Italy."
Cities and small islands, as well as the word domus, use this ablative even without a preposition: Athēnīs discessit "he departed from Athens".
When it's used with "in": in +ablative.
It means a position, without the idea of moving:
In poculo (= in a cup, the wine is in a cup)
In pavimento (on the floor, there's something on the floor).
And: Domo (without any preposition): "From home"
This is very helpful. Would "ab domo" make sense, even if it is inelegant/tautologous, or is it just a case of memorising the ablatives that require a proposition and those that do not?
You'd have to say "A DOMO". I had been unaware that using domo without the preposition is acceptable.
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It's a peculiarity of Latin.
Domi sum: I'm at home
Domo venio: I come from home
Domum Pomponii venio: I go to Pomponius's house.
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@FranciscoS148605
Domum is used for a destination, not a source, so it would be more "I come to Pomponius's home/house".
"I come from Pomponious's house" would be more Domo Pomponii venio.
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Friendly warning: Please do NOT confuse the Latin ablative "ex agrīs" with its Ancient Greek cognate "ἐκ του αγρού " which is governed by the genitive.
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domo = [singular & dative] and [singular & ablative] ?
Is both correct?
How can you say "You come home." in Latin?
- 920
domo can be either yes. domus is an irregular (it can be treated as a fourth declension or a second declension) noun however and has other forms for those cases that can also be used.
'You come home' -> (Tu) domum venis or (Vos) domum venitis
Benigne facis! Ego convictus est.
"the accusative of place to which"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accusative_case#Latin
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to Non-clickers:
"In Latin, nouns in the accusative case (accusativus) can be used:
(1) as a direct object;
(2) to indicate direction towards which e.g., domum,
"homewards"; Romam, "to Rome" with no preposition needed; this is known as the accusative of place to which, and is equivalent to the lative case found in some other languages.
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Since 'venis' means 'you come', could one say 'domo venis' instead of 'tu domo venis'?
Dont understand what ablative means &/or the basics it seems. Did i miss something ?! I have not come accross keys/explanations for lessons or basic latin grammar on duolingo - i seem to be guessing blindly most of the time :s
- 1006
The endings in nouns and adjectives in Latin (and other languages, such as German) are called cases. The cases in Latin are nominative, vocative, acusative, genitive and ablative (and locative, a fossilised case in very few words).
As in, "Did you come from home?" This is the early stages of language learning so large complex sentences are left out. But it does seem to be a bit of a fragment.
