dominatus Latin · revision 32506

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=2nd half of the 2nd century BC, Afranius|origins=la domus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dominātus''' ''m'' (genitive dominātūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Caesar, quoted by Gellius, has the dative ''dominātū''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dominor|-tus|t1=to rule, be master]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[m|la|dominor]] comes from [[m|la|dominus|t=master]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*dom-o/u-no-|t=of the house]], from [[m|la|domus|t=house]].^(de Vaan 2008) He reports Pinault's reconstruction "one who profits from the house", compared with [[sa|दमूनस्|tr=dámūnas-|t=lord of the house]], but notes that dominus can simply mean "he of the house".^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Afranius.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is absolute rule or lordship: Cicero speaks of the man who freed this people from royal rule.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short find it most frequent in Cicero.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also power or control, as Varro says that naming things is in our power, while we are in nature's.^(OLD 2012) Cicero also uses it of ownership.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it rule, mastery, tyranny.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval documents, from 681 on, it is a lord's possession, his power over a vassal, and seigniorial authority or right.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd half of the 2nd century BC – Afranius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of power over naming.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 681 AD – a charter uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Absolute rule, [[m|en|lordship]], [[m|en|dominion]]; tyranny.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Power, control.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Ownership, possession.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|seigniory|alt=seigniorial]] possession; a lord's authority over a vassal; seigniorial right.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dominor]]

+ * [[dominatio|alt=dominātiō]]

+ * [[dominus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}