dominator Latin · revision 10202

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la dominor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɔ.mɪˈnaː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [do.miˈnaː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dominātor''' ''m'' (genitive dominātōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dominor|-tor|t1=to rule]], from [[dominus]] “master”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨dominus⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*dom-o/u-no-⟩ “of the house”, from the word for “house”, [[domus]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, who calls God ''rērum dominātor'' “ruler of the world”.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a ruler, lord, master, often an arbitrary one, as in Cicero's ''rērum dominātor'' and in Lactantius and the Vulgate.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) The Theodosian Code uses it as the title of an African magistrate.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means ruler, lord.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it also as a divine epithet.^(DMLBS) It survives as Spanish ''dominador'' and French ''dominateur''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of God.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|ruler]], [[m|en|lord]], master.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dominor]]

+ * [[dominus]]

+ * [[dominātiō]]

+ * [[domus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}