dominium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominium.

Noun

dominium (uncountable)

1. The ownership of a thing.
2. (biology, taxonomy) The highest category in the classification of organisms, ranking above regnum.

   Synonym: domain

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Latin

Etymology

From dominus (“master, lord”) +‎ -ium.

Noun

dominium n (genitive dominiī or dominī); second declension

1. feast, banquet

   Synonyms: convīvium, epulum, epulae, cōmissātiō, fēsta, daps

2. rule, dominion
3. ownership

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dominium	dominia
Genitive	dominiī dominī1	dominiōrum
Dative	dominiō	dominiīs
Accusative	dominium	dominia
Ablative	dominiō	dominiīs
Vocative	dominium	dominia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• ⇒ Medieval Latin: dominiō
  • Middle French: dominion
    • French: dominion
      • → Romanian: dominion
    • → Middle English: dominion
      • English: dominion
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: dominion
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: dominion
• Catalan: domini
• → English: dominium
• Galician: dominio
• Italian: dominio
• → Middle English: domine, dominy, dominye, domyny
• Old French: demaine, demeigne, demeine, demene, demesne, demeyne, domaine, domane (possibly)
  • French: domaine
    • → English: domaine
    • → German: Domäne
    • → Romanian: domeniu
  • → Italian: demanio
  • → Middle English: demayne
    • English: demesne
  • → Middle English: demeine, demain
    • English: domain
• Piedmontese: domini
• → Polish: dominium
• Portuguese: domínio
• Romanian: domeniu
• Spanish: dominio

References

• “dominium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dominium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dominium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• dominium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “dominium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dominium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔˈmi.ɲum/

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• Rhymes: -iɲum
• Syllabification: do‧mi‧nium

Noun

dominium n

1. (historical) dominion (one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire)
2. (historical) dominium (large land or forest estate belonging to a king or powerful families in medieval Poland)
3. (historical) demesne, domain (lord's chief manor place)

   Synonym: domena

4. (Ancient Rome, historical) dominium (full authority of the head of the house over slaves and things)

Declension

Declension of dominium

	singular	plural
nominative	dominium	dominia
genitive	dominium	dominiów
dative	dominium	dominiom
accusative	dominium	dominia
instrumental	dominium	dominiami
locative	dominium	dominiach
vocative	dominium	dominia

Derived terms

adjective

• dominialny

 

Further reading

• dominium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dominium in Polish dictionaries at PWN