Dominus

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See also: dominus

Latin

Etymology

See dominus (“lord, master of a house”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dominus m sg (genitive Dominī); second declension

  1. (religion) The Lord, the God of Abraham and the Hebrew Tanakh; (Christianity) God, often God the Father
    • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Danihelis 1:2:
      ...et tradidit Dominus in manu eius Ioachim regem Iudae
      ..."And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand."
    • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Sit nomen Domini benedictum.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Dominus
genitive Dominī
dative Dominō
accusative Dominum
ablative Dominō
vocative Domine

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Descendants

  • → Norwegian Bokmål: Domini
  • Romanian: Domn, Doamne
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