dominicus Latin · revision 8424

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Afranius|origins=la dominus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [dɔˈmɪ.nɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [doˈmiː.ni.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dominicus''' (feminine dominica, neuter dominicum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions have ''domn-''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

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

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Afranius, of the second half of the 2nd century BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant belonging to a master or owner, and in Suetonius belonging to the emperor.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Christian Latin it meant belonging to the Lord, divine, and ''diēs dominicus'' was Sunday, named, as Isidore says, because on it the joy of the Lord's resurrection is celebrated.^(Stelten 1995)^(Isidore) Medieval Latin also used it for royal, papal and seigneurial, and for land held in the lord's own hand, the demesne.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it of a lord's demesne and its buildings and chattels.^(DMLBS) As a name, ''Dominicus'', it gave Italian ''Domenico'', Spanish ''Domingo'' and [[en|Dominic]], and through Medieval Latin ''dominicālis'' [[en|dominical]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius uses it of the emperor.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore explains ''diēs dominicus''.^(Isidore)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of a master or owner.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of the emperor.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Of the Lord, ''diēs dominicus'', [[m|en|Sunday]].^(Stelten 1995)^(Isidore)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Seigneurial; of the [[m|en|demesne]].^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dominus]]

+ * [[domus]]

+ * [[en|dominical]]

+ * [[en|Dominic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}