dominus

See also: Dominus

English

Etymology

Latin, 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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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈminus/

Verb

dominus

1. conditional of domini

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Latin

Etymology

From domus (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm, from root *demh₂- (“to build”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mi.nus/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

dominus m (genitive dominī); second declension

1. lord
2. master (of the house)

Inflection

Second declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	dominus	dominī
genitive	dominī	dominōrum
dative	dominō	dominīs
accusative	dominum	dominōs
ablative	dominō	dominīs
vocative	domine	dominī

Derived terms

• domina
• domināns
• dominanter
• dominātiō
• dominātor
• dominātrīx

• dominātus
• dominicus
• dominium
• dominor
• Dominus

Descendants

• Aromanian: domnu
• Dutch: dominee
• English: domino
• French: dom, damoiseau
• Italian: domino, don, donno

• Old French: dam
• Portuguese: Dom, dono
• Romanian: domn
• Spanish: Don, don, dueño

Synonyms

• erus

References

• dominus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879