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|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.