Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 570.domina on page 570
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domina mistress
domina is a Latin Noun that primarily means mistress.
Definitions for domina
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
mistress, lady
English derivatives:
dominate dominant domineer dominion domain domino domine don dungeon belladona madonna dame damsel danger
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A female head of a household, mistress, owner, (b) (quasi-adj., of things, belonging to a master or mistress, or signifying ownership).
- 2
A female ruler or leader, mistress. (b) (applied to goddesses), (c) (quasi-adj.) imperial, ruling.
- 3
(used as a title of respect or affection). (b) (applied to a mistress).
Sentences with domina
Latin to English
Nec dominam iubeo pretioso munere dones: parva, sed e parvis callidus apta dato.Compare Nor do I bid you give your mistress costly gifts; let them be small, but choose your small gifts.
Lilia non domina sint magis alba mea; ut Maeotica nix minio si certet Hibero, utque rosae puro lacte natant folia.Compare Lilies are not whiter than my mistress: she is Maeotic snow vying with Iberium minium, or rose leaves floating on the purest milk.
Nescis quid sit amor, iuvenis, si ferre recusas immitam dominam coniugiumque ferum.Compare You don't know what love is, young man, if you will not bear with an ungentle mistress or a shrewish wife.
Declension table for domina
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | domina | dominae |
| Gen. | dominae | dominārum |
| Dat. | dominae | dominīs |
| Acc. | dominam | dominās |
| Abl. | dominā | dominīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 286.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 570.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "domina, dominae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/domina-dominae.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 286.domina, dominae on page 286
