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|lnetxt=dominus domini N M :: owner, lord, master; the Lord; title for ecclesiastics/gentlemen
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dŏmĭnus</b>: (in inscrr. [[sometimes]] written by syncop. DOMNVS), i, m. Sanscr. damanas, he [[who]] subdues, [[root]] [[dam]]-; Gr. [[δαμάω]], [[δάμνημι]], v. [[domo]] Prop., one [[who]] has [[subdued]] or conquered; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[master]], [[possessor]], [[ruler]], [[lord]], [[proprietor]], [[owner]] (cf. [[herus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: [[quam]] dispari Dominare domino! Poëta ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139: nec [[domo]] [[dominus]], sed domino [[domus]] honestanda est, etc., Cic. ib. 39, 139; cf. id. Fin. 1, 18, 58: ([[vilicus]]) consideret, quae [[dominus]] imperaverit, fiant, etc., [[Cato]] R. R. 5, 3 sq.; so opp. [[servus]], Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 227; id. Mil. 3, 1, 149; Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 6; id. Eun. 3, 2, 33; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 17; id. ap. Non. 355, 19; Cic. Deiot. 11, 30; Sall. J. 31, 11 et saep.; opp. [[familia]], Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 9; opp. [[ancilla]], Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 276; and ([[with]] [[herus]]) Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 3; cf. id. Ps. 4, 7, 90 sq.; Cic. N. D. 2, 63 et saep.—Also of the [[master]]'s [[son]], the [[young]] [[master]], Plaut. Capt. prol. 18: siet in iis agris, qui non [[saepe]] dominos mutant ... de domino bono colono [[melius]] emetur, [[Cato]] R. R. 1, 4; cf. Cic. Att. 12, 19; id. de Sen. 16, 56; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 174; so, rerum suarum, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: auctionum, id. Quint. 5, 19: insularum, Suet. Caes. 41: equi, id. ib. 61 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen., a [[master]], [[lord]], [[ruler]], [[commander]], [[chief]], [[proprietor]], [[owner]] (in [[republican]] [[Rome]] of [[public]] men, [[usually]] [[with]] the [[accessory]] [[notion]], [[unlawful]], [[despotic]]): hujus principis populi et omnium gentium domini [[atque]] victoris, Cic. Planc. 4 fin.; id. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf.: [[quippe]] qui (sc. populi) domini sint legum, judiciorum, belli, pacis, foederum, capitis, uniuscujusque, pecuniae, id. Rep. 1, 32: di domini omnium rerum ac moderatores, id. Leg. 2, 7; cf. id. Fin. 4, 5; id. Univ. 7: videsne, ut de rege (sc. Tarquinio) [[dominus]] exstiterit? hic est [[enim]] [[dominus]] populi, quem [[Graeci]] tyrannum vocant, etc., id. Rep. 2, 26; cf. id. 1, 45; Verg. A. 4, 214.— Trop.: liberatos se per eum dicunt gravissimis dominis, terrore [[sempiterno]] ac nocturno metu, Cic. Tusc. 1, 21; of the [[judge]]: qui rei [[dominus]] [[futurus]] est, id. de Or. 2, 17, 72; poët. of the [[possessor]] of an [[art]], Ov. M. 1, 524; 13, 138.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Poet., [[sometimes]] as an adj.: dominae [[manus]], Ov. Am. 2, 5, 30: arae, Stat. Th. 5, 578: praebere [[caput]] [[domina]] venale sub [[hasta]], the [[auction]] [[spear]], Juv. 3, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With or [[without]] convivii or epuli, the [[master]] of a [[feast]], the [[entertainer]], [[host]], Cic. Vatin. 13; Lucil., Varr., and Sall. ap. Non. 281, 21 sq.; Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 11, 5; Liv. 23, 8 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[master]] of a [[play]] or of [[public]] games; the employer of players or gladiators: quae mihi [[atque]] [[vobis]] res vortat [[bene]] Gregique huic et dominis [[atque]] conductoribus, Plaut. As. prol. 3; Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the [[period]] of the [[empire]] ([[Augustus]] and [[Tiberius]] declined it, Suet. Aug. 53; Tib. 27), a [[title]] of the emperors, Suet. Dom. 13; Mart. 5, 8; 10, 72; Phaedr. 2, 5, 14; Inscr. Orell. 1109; 1146 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[term]] of endearment in addressing a [[lover]], Ov. Am. 3, 7, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[respectful]] [[greeting]], [[like]] [[our]] Sir, Sen. Ep. 3; Mart. 6, 88; Suet. Claud. 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[master]] or [[assignee]] of a forfeited [[estate]], Cic. Quint. 15, 50.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of Christ, the Lord (eccl. Lat.): Augusti Caesaris temporibus [[natus]] est Dominus [[Christus]], Oros. 6, 17 fin.; Vulg. Johan. 13, 13 et saep.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dŏmĭnus</b>,⁶ ī, m. ([[domus]]),<br /><b>1</b> maître [de maison], possesseur, propriétaire : [[nec]] [[domo]] [[dominus]], [[sed]] [[domino]] [[domus]] honestanda [[est]] Cic. Off. 1, 139, ce n’[[est]] pas la maison qui doit honorer le maître, c’[[est]] le maître qui doit honorer la maison &#124;&#124; aliquem dominum [[esse]] rerum suarum vetare Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, frapper qqn d’interdit<br /><b>2</b> chef, souverain, arbitre, maître [pr. et fig.] : populi domini sunt legum Cic. Rep. 1, 48, les peuples sont les maîtres des lois &#124;&#124; [[dominus]] epuli Cic. Vat. 31 ; [[dominus]] convivii Petr. 34, 5, ou abs<sup>t</sup>] [[dominus]] Varr. d. Non. 281, 21, celui qui donne un festin, qui régale, amphitryon &#124;&#124; l’organisateur (de jeux) : Pl. As. 3 ; Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3<br /><b>3</b> Seigneur [nom donné aux empereurs après Auguste et Tibère] : Suet. Dom. 13<br /><b>4</b> [[ami]], amant : Ov. Am. 3, 7, 11<br /><b>5</b> terme de politesse qui répond au Monsieur des modernes : Sen. Ep. 3, 1<br /><b>6</b> le Seigneur, Dieu : Eccl.||aliquem dominum [[esse]] rerum suarum vetare Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, frapper qqn d’interdit<br /><b>2</b> chef, souverain, arbitre, maître [pr. et fig.] : populi domini sunt legum Cic. Rep. 1, 48, les peuples sont les maîtres des lois||[[dominus]] epuli Cic. Vat. 31 ; [[dominus]] convivii Petr. 34, 5, ou abs<sup>t</sup>] [[dominus]] Varr. d. Non. 281, 21, celui qui donne un festin, qui régale, amphitryon||l’organisateur (de jeux) : Pl. As. 3 ; Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3<br /><b>3</b> Seigneur [nom donné aux empereurs après Auguste et Tibère] : Suet. Dom. 13<br /><b>4</b> [[ami]], amant : Ov. Am. 3, 7, 11<br /><b>5</b> terme de politesse qui répond au Monsieur des modernes : Sen. Ep. 3, 1<br /><b>6</b> le Seigneur, Dieu : Eccl.
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{{Georges
|georg=dominus, ī, m. (v. [[domus]]), I) im engem Sinne, der [[Herr]] vom Hause, Hausherr, Gebieter (Ggstz. [[familia]]), [[Komik]]., Cic. u.a.; u.v. [[Sohn]] [[des]] Hauses, der junge [[Herr]], Plaut.: Plur., domini, die [[Herrschaft]] (= der [[Herr]] u. die [[Herrin]] vom Hause), Cic. u.a. – II) im weitern Sinne, A) eig.: 1) der [[Herr]] [[als]] [[Eigentümer]], Eigner, Besitzer, [[Inhaber]], aedificii, [[navis]], Cic.: insularum, Suet.: aedium, ICt. u. Symm.: possessionis, Inscr.: copiosae pecuniae, Apul.: equi, Suet.: dites domini ([[Grundbesitzer]]), Tac. (vgl. Heräus Tac. hist. 2, 12, 11). – 2) der [[Herr]] = [[Oberherr]], Gebieter, [[Chef]], in alqm, Cic.: gentium, Cic.: [[rei]], v. [[Richter]], Cic. – Insbes., a) [[Herr]], [[als]] [[Ehrentitel]], [[bes]]. der spätern [[Kaiser]] (den [[Augustus]] u. [[Tiberius]] [[sich]] verbaten, [[hingegen]] Domitian gern hörte), Suet. Dom. 13, 1. Mart. 5, 8. Phaedr. 2, 5, 14. Augustin. serm. 111 extr. – b) Gebieter, v. Gatten, Ov. [[met]]. 9, 466; v. Geliebten, Ov. am. 3, 7, 11. – c) [[als]] Begrüßungswort, [[wie]] [[unser]] [[mein]] [[Herr]], s. [[Sen]]. ep. 3, 1. Mart. 6, 88, 2 (im [[Doppelsinn]]). Suet. Claud. 21, 5. – d) v. [[Christus]], [[oft]] [[bei]] Eccl.: u. so Augusti Caesaris temporibus [[natus]] est [[dominus]] [[Christus]], Oros. 6, 17, 10. – e) (poet.) v. Lebl., attribut., [[herrschaftlich]], [[des]] Herrn, [[torus]] [[dominus]], Ov.: [[mit]] Genet., terrarum dominum [[pone]] [[supercilium]], entferne den [[Ernst]], der der [[Welt]] gebietet, Mart. 1, 4, 2. – 3) der [[Veranstalter]] [[von]] [[etwas]], a) = der Veran stalter der öffentl. Spiele, eines Schauspiels (Schauspieldirektor), Plaut. asin. prol. 3: eines Gladiatorenspiels, Cic. ad Att. 2, 19, 3. – b) der [[Veranstalter]] [[einer]] [[Auktion]], Cic. Quinct. 50. – c) der [[Veranstalter]] eines Baus, der Bauherr (Ggstz. [[conductor]], der [[Übernehmer]] [[des]] Baus), [[Cato]] u. Vitr. – d) ([[mit]] u. [[ohne]] convivii od. epuli) = der [[Veranstalter]] eines Gastmahls, der [[Gastgeber]], Cic. u.a.; vgl. Gronov Gell. 13, 11, 5. – B) übtr., der [[Herr]], [[Gewalthaber]] [[über]] usw., vitae necisque ([[über]] L.u.T.), Liv. u.a.: virtutum omnium, Arnob.: comitiorum dominum [[esse]], Cic.: gravissimi domini, [[terror]] [[sempiternus]] et [[diurnus]] ac [[nocturnus]] [[metus]], Cic. – / Synkop. [[domnus]], Augustin. serm. 111 extr. Greg. Tur. hist. Franc. 9, 20. [[Not]]. Tir. 47, 63. Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 3792: Genet. Plur. dominûm, Pacuv. tr. 75.
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