dominium
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dominium.
Noun
dominium (countable and uncountable, plural dominiums)
- The ownership of a thing.
- (biology, taxonomy) The highest category in the classification of organisms, ranking above regnum.
- Synonym: domain
- 2012, Eduardo N. Esteban; Mirentxu Indart; Silvia Cerone; G. de Yaniz; Ana G. Inza, “Production and Biochemestry - Molecular Analysis of Microbial Community Fermenting Whey as a Potential Probiotic for Use Animals”, in Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine, volume 2, number 3, DOI:, page 104:
- The MC was composed of agents from different separated Dominium like Bacteria (Lactobacillum) and Eukaria (yeast).
- 2013, Sara Carillo, phD Thesis in Chemical Sciences: XXV cycle: Extremophile bacteria glycolipids: structure and biological activity, University of Naples “Federico II”: Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, page 3:
- Extremophilic organisms may be located in all the three dominia and include prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells.
- 2004, Extremophiles 2004: 5th International Conference on Extremophiles, Washington, USA: American Society for Microbiology, →ISBN, OCLC 439856658, page 82:
- Several aerobic and anaerobic, thermophilic, microorganisms belonging to the Eubacteria and Archaea dominia were isolated from thermal springs of the Eolian Islands.
- Political unit
- Synonym: domain
- 2009, Margaret R.L.L. Kelly, “Constitutions and the Classics: Sir John Fortescue”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- However, this does not mean that these are the only types of kingdoms, nor that only kingdoms are dominiums.
- 2016, Tahir Ahmad Dhindsa, “Education for Sustainable Development: Challenges in Pakistan”, in Reorienting Educational Efforts for Sustainable Development, page 165:
- The Indian Sub-continent was partitioned in August 1947 to create two independent, sovereign dominiums, India and Pakistan.
Related terms
- dominate
- dominion
References
- dominium at OneLook Dictionary Search
- dominium in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Latin
Etymology
From dominus (“master, lord”) + -ium.
Noun
dominium n (genitive dominiī or dominī); second declension
- feast, banquet
- Synonyms: convīvium, epulum, epulae, cōmissātiō, fēsta, daps
- rule, dominion
- ownership
- (biology) domain, dominium
- [August 1974, Royall T. Moore, Taxon, volume 23, number 4, DOI:, page 650:
- A proposal is made to recognize super ranks, including the new rank of dominion (Dominium) above that of the kingdom (Regnum) and to designate suffixes for those of superfamily and above.]
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Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dominium | dominia |
| Genitive | dominiī dominī1 | dominiōrum |
| Dative | dominiō | dominiīs |
| Accusative | dominium | dominia |
| Ablative | dominiō | dominiīs |
| Vocative | dominium | dominia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- ⇒ Medieval Latin: dominiō
- Middle French: dominion
- French: dominion
- → Romanian: dominion
- → Middle English: dominion
- English: dominion
- → Norwegian Bokmål: dominion
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: dominion
- English: dominion
- French: dominion
- Middle French: dominion
- Catalan: domini
- → English: dominium
- Galician: dominio
- Italian: dominio
- → Middle English: domine, dominy, dominye, domyny
- Old French: demaine, demeigne, demeine, demene, demesne, demeyne, domaine, domane (possibly)
- French: domaine
- → English: domaine
- → German: Domäne
- → Romanian: domeniu
- → Italian: demanio
- → Middle English: demayne
- English: demesne
- → Middle English: demeine, demain
- English: domain
- French: domaine
- Piedmontese: domini
- → Polish: dominium
- Portuguese: domínio
- Romanian: domeniu
- Spanish: dominio
References
- “dominium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dominium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dominium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- dominium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “dominium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dominium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin dominium. Doublet of domena (“domain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔˈmi.ɲum/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iɲum
- Syllabification: do‧mi‧nium
Noun
dominium n
- (historical) dominion (one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire)
- (historical) dominium (large land or forest estate belonging to a king or powerful families in medieval Poland)
- (historical) demesne, domain (lord's chief manor place)
- Synonym: domena
- (Ancient Rome, historical) dominium (full authority of the head of the house over slaves and things)
Declension
Declension of dominium
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dominium | dominia |
| genitive | dominium | dominiów |
| dative | dominium | dominiom |
| accusative | dominium | dominia |
| instrumental | dominium | dominiami |
| locative | dominium | dominiach |
| vocative | dominium | dominia |
Derived terms
adjective
- dominialny
Further reading
- dominium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dominium in Polish dictionaries at PWN