Dominus

See also: dominus

Latin

Etymology

See dominus (“lord, master of a house”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mi.nus/, [ˈd̪ɔmɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mi.nus/, [ˈd̪ɔːminus]

• Audio (Classical):

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Proper noun

Dominus m sg (genitive Dominī); second declension

1. (religion) The Lord, the God of Abraham and the Hebrew Tanakh; (Christianity) God the Father
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Danihelis 1:2:

     ...et tradidit Dominus in manu eius Ioachim regem Iudae

     ..."And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand."

     Sit nomen Domini benedictum.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dominus
Genitive	Dominī
Dative	Dominō
Accusative	Dominum
Ablative	Dominō
Vocative	Domine

Synonyms

• (the Lord): Deus

Derived terms

• annō Dominī

Related terms

• domina
• domināns
• dominanter
• dominātiō
• dominātor
• dominātrīx
• dominātus
• dominicus
• dominium
• dominor
• dominus