dominicus

dominicus

Latin

Alternative forms

• domnicus ('vulgar' syncopic form found in inscriptions)

Etymology

dominus (“lord”, “master”) +‎ -icus (“of”, “pertaining to”, “belonging to”, “connected with”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /doˈmi.ni.kus/, [d̪ɔˈmɪnɪkʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /doˈmi.ni.kus/, [d̪oˈmiːnikus]

Adjective

dominicus (feminine dominica, neuter dominicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare, does not occur in Cicero’s works) of or belonging to a lord or master
   • Vitruvius, De architectura 7.5:

     Quod enim antiqui insumentes laborem ad industriam probare contendebant, artibus, id nunc coloribus et eorum alleganti specie consecuntur, et quam subtilitas artificis adiciebat operibus auctoritatem, nunc dominicus sumptus efficit, ne desideretur.

     The fact is that the artistic excellence which the ancients endeavoured to attain by working hard and taking pains, is now attempted by the use of colours and the brave show which they make, and expenditure by the employer prevents people from missing the artistic refinements that once lent authority to works. ― translation by: Morris Hicky Morgan, 1914

   • AD 64, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium XLVII, § 8:

     Adice obsonatores, quibus dominici palati notitia subtilis est, qui sciunt, cuius illum rei sapor excitet, cuius delectet aspectus, cuius novitate nauseabundus erigi possit, quid iam ipsa satietate fastidiat, quid illo die esuriat.

     Think also of the poor purveyors of food, who note their masters' tastes with delicate skill, who know what special flavours will sharpen their appetite, what will please their eyes, what new combinations will rouse their cloyed stomachs, what food will excite their loathing through sheer satiety, and what will stir them to hunger on that particular day. ― translation by: Richard Mott Gummere, (1917-1925) via Wikisource

1. (transferred senses):
   1. (since the formation of the Empire) imperial

      Synonym: imperiālis

   2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Lord’s, God’s

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dominicus	dominica	dominicum		dominicī	dominicae	dominica
Genitive	dominicī	dominicae	dominicī		dominicōrum	dominicārum	dominicōrum
Dative	dominicō		dominicō		dominicīs
Accusative	dominicum	dominicam	dominicum		dominicōs	dominicās	dominica
Ablative	dominicō	dominicā	dominicō		dominicīs
Vocative	dominice	dominica	dominicum		dominicī	dominicae	dominica

Derived terms

• diēs Dominicus, diēs Dominica (“Sunday”) (Late Latin)
• Dominica cēna (Ecclesiastical Latin)
• Dominicum

Descendants

• Old French: domeine, demeine
• Old Occitan: domenge
• Portuguese: Domingos
• Spanish: Domingo

References

• “dŏmĭnĭcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dominicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “domĭnicus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 129