Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 571.dominus on page 571
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dominus master
dominus is a Latin Noun that primarily means master.
Definitions for dominus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
master (of a household), lord
English derivatives:
dominate dominant domineer dominion domain domino domine don dungeon belladona madonna dame damsel danger
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The master of a household, estate, or other property, owner, proprietor. (b) a son of the head of the household. (c) (of a person in relation to his attributes, features, etc.).
- 2
(a) The manager, superintendent, controller (of a troupe or team, also of an organized activity). (b) the master of a feast, entertainer, host.
- 3
A supreme ruler, sovereign, lord, despot. (b) (applied to gods). (c) ~us nauis, the master of a ship; ~us, litis, the principal in a suit. (d) (transf,) one who is in control (of a situation or sim.).
Sentences with dominus
Latin to English
Coquo cenam paraturo, dominus intravit.Compare When the cook was about to prepare dinner, the master entered.
Vīlicus ipse villam dominī cūrat.Compare The overseer himself looks after the country house of the master.
Hoc patriumst, potius consuefacere filium sua sponte recte facere quam alieno metu: hoc pater ac dominus interest.Compare That's the way of a father, to accustom his son to do the right thing of his own accord rather than by fear of someone else; that's where a father differs from a master.
Tu dominus ille sedes arceo.Compare The master will drive you from that house.
Declension table for dominus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | dominus | dominī |
| Gen. | dominī | dominōrum |
| Dat. | dominō | dominīs |
| Acc. | dominum | dominōs |
| Voc. | domine | dominī |
| Abl. | dominō | 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): 571.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "dominus, dominī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 24, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/dominus-domini.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 286.dominus, dominī on page 286
