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“domestic, domestical” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

domestic, domestical
Kept about [i. e., near] the house, domesticated (of animals), domesticus (e.g., quadrupedes, Cels., 2, 18; a meaning which Freund has overlooked): villaticus (kept about the villa; i. e., country-house and farm; gallinae, Varr.; alites, Plin.; quadrupedes, Plin.): cohortalis (kept in the farm-yard, cohors or cors; aves, Col., 8, 2): domi natus (e.g., omne animal quadrupes domi natum, Cels. 2, 18). Domestic animals, pecus (udis; opposed to fera).
Belonging to the house, domesticus (relating to one’s home, household, or family, opposed to forensis; i. e., relating to public or official life; or opposed to communis, belonging to all others): privatus (relating to private life, or a private individual, opposed to publicus; i. e., relating to the state or the public welfare, etc.; Vid: Cic., Att., 1, 17, 6; non forenses res, non domesticae, non publicae, non privatae carere diutius tuo suavissimo atque amantissimo consilio ac sermone possunt): umbratilis (relating to anything that is done quietly, or at home; e.g., exercitatio): attentus ad rem: diligens (economical, careful): frugi (orderly, homely, good, in a domestic sense): domestic affairs, negotium domesticum: res domesticae: domus (the house): res familiaris, from the context res only (the money matters, property, etc.): negotia domestica: domus officia (duties of the wife): to manage, superintend, etc.: the domestic affairs, negotia domestica curare; domus officia exsequi (of the wife), conficere ea, quae domi debent administrari: the nature of women is adapted for the management of domestic concerns, natura comparata est mulieris ad domesticam diligentiam: domestic evils, malum domesticum; dolor intestinus (pain felt respecting such evils; Severus, in Cic., ad Div., 4, 5, 2); moeror domesticus (grief respecting domestic affairs; opposed to moeror communis, Suet., Cal., 5).
Liking to remain at home, etc., rarus egressu (seldom going abroad; Tac.): *domi focique amans or amantissimus (fond of his home; ☞ domi focique meminisse, Terentianus): *qui parietum umbris libenter se occulit: qui (quae) nidum servat (prov., Hor.): qui libenter domi or domo se tenet or retinet: qui libenter publico caret or se abstinet: qui domo raro excedit or egreditur. To be very domestic, parietum umbris occuli: in interiore aedium parte sedere (both of the Greek women).
Intestine, not foreign, intestinus (occurring in one’s own country; opposed to externus, foreign): domesticus (Vid: above); (The words are found in this connection and order.) intestinus ac domesticus: domestic evils, malum, quod inhaeret in visceribus (of the human body as well as the state): malum intestinum: malum intestinum ac domesticum (of the state): domestic affairs, res domesticae (with reference to the state).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for domestic, domestical?
The usual Latin words for “domestic, domestical” are domesticus, vīllāticus, cŏhortālis; also prīvātus, umbrātilis, dīligō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.