dominor
Latin
Alternative forms
- dominō
Etymology
From dominus (“lord, master”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.mi.nor/, [ˈd̪ɔmɪnɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.mi.nor/, [ˈd̪ɔːminor]
Verb
dominor (present infinitive dominārī or dominārier, perfect active dominātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I am lord and/or master or have dominion, domineer.
- Synonyms: imperitō, moderor, ōrdinō, rēgnō, regō, magistrō, gerō
- I 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.
- nōnne sī bene ēgeris recipiēs, sīn autem male statim in foribus peccātum aderit; sed sub tē erit appetītus eius et tū domināberis illīus
Usage notes
Used with either the ablative or the genitive.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of dominor (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dominor | domināris, domināre | dominātur | domināmur | domināminī | dominantur |
| imperfect | dominābar | dominābāris, dominābāre | dominābātur | dominābāmur | dominābāminī | dominābantur | |
| future | dominābor | domināberis, dominābere | dominābitur | dominābimur | dominābiminī | dominābuntur | |
| perfect | dominātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dominātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | dominātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dominer | dominēris, dominēre | dominētur | dominēmur | dominēminī | dominentur |
| imperfect | dominārer | dominārēris, dominārēre | dominārētur | dominārēmur | dominārēminī | dominārentur | |
| perfect | dominātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dominātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | domināre | — | — | domināminī | — |
| future | — | dominātor | dominātor | — | — | dominantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | dominārī, dominārier1 | dominātum esse | dominātūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | domināns | dominātus | dominātūrus | — | — | dominandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| dominandī | dominandō | dominandum | dominandō | dominātum | dominātū | ||
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
- domināns
- dominanter
- dominātiō
- dominātor
- dominātus
Related terms
- domina
- dominātrīx
- dominicus
- dominium
- dominulus
- dominus
Descendants
- Galician: domear
- → Catalan: dominar
- → English: dominate
- → French: dominer
- → Galician: dominar
- → Italian: dominare
- → Occitan: dominar
- → Romanian: domina
- → Portuguese: dominar
- → Spanish: dominar
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
- the passions win the day: libido dominatur (Or. 65. 219)