dominus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominus (“master”). See dame.

Noun

dominus (plural domini)

1. master; sir; a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor

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Anagrams

• dimuons

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈminus/

Verb

dominus

1. conditional of domini

Etymology

• Either from Proto-Italic *domanos, from Proto-Indo-European *domh₂nos (“subduing”), from *demh₂- (“to tame, subdue”), whence domō,
• or some direct derivation from domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mi.nus/, [ˈdɔ.mɪ.nʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mi.nus/, [ˈdoː.mi.nus]

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

dominus m (genitive dominī); second declension

1. a master, possessor, ruler, lord, proprietor
2. an owner of a residence; the master of its servants and slaves
3. the master of a feast, the entertainer, host
4. the master of a play or of public games, the employer of players or gladiators
5. sir (greeting)

References

• dominus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dominus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dominus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• dŏmĭnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 555
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the manager: dominus gregis
    
  • to examine slaves by torture: de servis quaerere (in dominum)
    
• dominus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dominus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “dominus” on page 571 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “dominus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 353–4