dominus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dominus (“master”). Doublet of dan, dom, domine, dominie, and don. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɒmɪnəs/ === Noun === dominus (plural domini) (historical) master; sir; a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor, castle or an academic master ==== Related terms ==== domina don donzel === References === “dominus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Further reading === Dominus (title) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === dimuons == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /doˈminus/ Rhymes: -inus Syllabification: do‧mi‧nus === Verb === dominus conditional of domini == Latin == === Etymology === The original identity of the second vowel of this word is unclear: from Proto-Italic *dom-o/u-nos (“of the house”); both u- and o-stems are found in other branches; from Proto-Italic *domanos, from Proto-Indo-European *domHnos (“homeowner”), from *dṓm (“house”) + *-Hō (Hoffmann's suffix) via the oblique stem *-Hn-. In either case, likely further related to domus, from Proto-Italic *domos, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdɔ.mɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdɔː.mi.nus] === Noun === dominus m (genitive dominī, feminine domina); second declension master, possessor, ruler, lord, proprietor Synonyms: erus, domnus, arbiter owner of a residence; master of his servants and slaves master of a feast, entertainer, host master of a play or of public games, employer of players or gladiators sir (a greeting, in the vocative case) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “dominus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “dominus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "dominus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “dŏmĭnus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 555. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “dominus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “dominus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “dominus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, pages 353–4 == Lithuanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [²ˈdoːmʲɪnʊs] Rhymes: -oːmʲɪnʊs Syllabification: dõ‧mi‧nus === Participle === dõminus past adverbial padalyvis participle of dominti