dominium Latin · revision 6280

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dominium''' ''n'' (genitive dominiī or dominī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dominus]] “master, owner” with the suffix [[-ium]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Lucilius, who apparently uses it of a banquet.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Lucilius c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Lucilius it apparently meant a feast, banquet, but its usual sense is rule, dominion, as in Seneca, and especially in law ownership, the right of property, as in Ulpian, Velleius and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant mastery, power, control, rule, property.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant power, the right of property, and an estate, domain.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives in Italian ''dominio'', and Old French ''demaine'' gave French ''domaine''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|dominion]] came in the mid-15th century, [[en|demesne]] through Anglo-French about 1300, and [[en|domain]] about 1600 through Medieval Latin ''domānium''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it of a banquet.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of ownership.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of rule.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''dominion'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Rule, [[m|en|dominion]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' [[m|en|Ownership]], property.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A banquet.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An estate, domain.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dominus]]

+ * [[domus]]

+ * [[en|dominion]]

+ * [[en|domain]]

+ * [[en|demesne]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}