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Latin
Etymology
From dominus (“lord, master”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dominor (present infinitive dominārī or dominārier, perfect active dominātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to be lord and/or master or have dominion, domineer
- Synonyms: imperitō, moderor, ōrdinō, rēgnō, regō, magistrō, gerō
- to dominate, rule, reign, govern
- Synonyms: regō, imperō, ōrdinō, imperitō
c. 347 CE – 420 CE,
Jerome,
Biblia Sacra Vulgāta Genesis:4,7:
- nōnne sī bene ēgeris recipiēs, sīn autem male statim in foribus peccātum aderit; sed sub tē erit appetītus eius et tū domināberis illīus
- If you do well, will you not be accepted? Or if then badly, sin will immediately be present at the doors; but his desire will be up to you and you will rule over him.
Usage notes
Used with either the ablative or the genitive.
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “dominor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dominor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dominor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the passions win the day: libido dominatur (Or. 65. 219)
- to have unlimited power over a person: dominari in aliquem
Swedish
Noun
dominor
- indefinite plural of domina