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dominus.

owner, lord, master; the Lord; title for ecclesiastics/gentlemen;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈdɔ.mɪ.nʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈdɔː.mi.nus]
  1. master, owner, possessor, proprietor

    declension-2 · masculine
  2. owner of a residence; master of his servants and slaves

    declension-2 · masculine
  3. lord, ruler

    declension-2 · masculine
  4. master of a feast, entertainer, host

    declension-2 · masculine
  5. master of a play or of public games, employer of players or gladiators

    declension-2 · masculine
  6. sir (a greeting, in the vocative case)

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

The original identity of the second vowel of this word is unclear: * from Proto-Italic *dom-o/u-nos (“of the house”); both u- and o-stems are found in other branches; * from Proto-Italic *domanos, from Proto-Indo-European *domHnos (“homeowner”), from *dṓm (“house”) + *-Hō (Hoffmann's suffix) via the oblique stem *-Hn-. In either case, likely further related to domus, from Proto-Italic *domos, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

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