dominicus

Latin

Alternative forms

• DOMNICVS (contraction used in inscriptions)

Etymology

dominus (“lord”, “master”) +‎ -icus (“of”, “pertaining to”, “belonging to”, “connected with”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /doˈmi.ni.kus/, [d̪ɔˈmɪnɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /doˈmi.ni.kus/, [d̪oˈmiːnikus]

Adjective

dominicus (feminine dominica, neuter dominicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare, does not occur in Cicero’s works) of or belonging to a lord or master
   • AD 64, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium XLVII, § 8:

     Adice obsonatores, quibus dominici palati notitia subtilis est, qui sciunt, cuius illum rei sapor excitet, cuius delectet aspectus, cuius novitate nauseabundus erigi possit, quid iam ipsa satietate fastidiat, quid illo die esuriat.

2. (transferred senses):
   1. (since the formation of the Empire) imperial

      Synonym: imperiālis

   2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Lord’s, God’s

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dominicus	dominica	dominicum		dominicī	dominicae	dominica
Genitive	dominicī	dominicae	dominicī		dominicōrum	dominicārum	dominicōrum
Dative	dominicō		dominicō		dominicīs
Accusative	dominicum	dominicam	dominicum		dominicōs	dominicās	dominica
Ablative	dominicō	dominicā	dominicō		dominicīs
Vocative	dominice	dominica	dominicum		dominicī	dominicae	dominica

Derived terms

• diēs Dominica (Ecclesiastical Latin)
• Dominica cēna (Ecclesiastical Latin)
• Dominicum

 

References

• “dŏmĭnĭcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dominicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.