dominicus
Latin
Alternative forms
- DOMNICVS (contraction used in inscriptions)
Etymology
dominus (“lord”, “master”) + -icus (“of”, “pertaining to”, “belonging to”, “connected with”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /doˈmi.ni.kus/
Adjective
dominicus (feminine dominica, neuter dominicum); first/second declension
- (rare, does not occur in Cicero’s works) of or belonging to a lord or master
- AD 64, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium XLVII, § 8:
- Adice obsonatores, quibus dominici palati notitia subtilis est, qui sciunt, cuius illum rei sapor excitet, cuius delectet aspectus, cuius novitate nauseabundus erigi possit, quid iam ipsa satietate fastidiat, quid illo die esuriat.
- AD 64, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium XLVII, § 8:
- (transferred senses):
- (since the formation of the Empire) imperial
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Lord’s, God’s
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dominicus | dominica | dominicum | dominicī | dominicae | dominica | |
| Genitive | dominicī | dominicae | dominicī | dominicōrum | dominicārum | dominicōrum | |
| Dative | dominicō | dominicae | dominicō | dominicīs | dominicīs | dominicīs | |
| Accusative | dominicum | dominicam | dominicum | dominicōs | dominicās | dominica | |
| Ablative | dominicō | dominicā | dominicō | dominicīs | dominicīs | dominicīs | |
| Vocative | dominice | dominica | dominicum | dominicī | dominicae | dominica | |
Synonyms
- (imperial): imperiālis
Derived terms
- diēs Dominica (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Dominica cēna (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Dominicum
References
- dŏmĭnĭcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dominicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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