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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From dominor + -tus or dominus + -ātus. Compare prīncipātus.
Noun
dominātus m (genitive dominātūs); fourth declension
- Absolute power
- Rule
- dominatus cupiditatum (Cicero)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Descendants
Etymology 2
Perfect active participle of dominor
Participle
dominātus (feminine domināta, neuter dominātum); first/second-declension participle
- having lorded, dominated, ruled
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “dominatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dominatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dominatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- dominatus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- monarchy: imperium singulare, unius dominatus, regium imperium
- aristocracy (as a form of government): optimatium dominatus
- government by the mob: multitudinis dominatus or imperium
- to destroy a despotism, tyranny: dominationem or dominatum refringere