domitor Latin · revision 32445

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *domh₂-eie/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdɔ.mɪ.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈdɔː.mi.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''domitor''' ''m'' (genitive domitōris, feminine domitrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Ammianus has a later form ''domātor''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|domō|-tor|t1=to tame, conquer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|domō]] to [[itc-pro|*domaje-]] and [[ine-pro|*domh₂-eie/o-|t=to tame]], originally a causative, and compares [[grc|δάμνημι|tr=dámnēmi|t=to tame, subdue]].^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary compares [[grc|πανδάματωρ|tr=pandámatōr|t=all-conquering]], [[sa|दमितृ|tr=damitṛ́|t=tamer]] and the Illyrian name Domator, which may point to an old agent noun, but notes Beekes' view that they may be independent formations.^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Cicero, who writes of handing horses over to trainers to make them easier to manage.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a tamer or trainer of animals, especially horses, a word Lewis & Short call rare but classical.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil uses it of a hero as breaker of horses and calls the son of Saturn the tamer of the sea.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) It is also a conqueror of peoples and lands: Velleius says that Germany rebelled as soon as its conqueror turned his eyes away.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of horse trainers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of the tamer of the sea.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus has the form domātor.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|tamer]], breaker, [[m|en|trainer]] of animals.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|conqueror]], subduer, vanquisher.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # One who masters a force or condition.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[domitō]]

+ * [[domitrīx]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}