dominor

Latin

Alternative forms

• dominō

Etymology

From dominus (“lord, master”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mi.nor/, [ˈd̪ɔmɪnɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.mi.nor/, [ˈd̪ɔːminor]

Verb

dominor (present infinitive dominārī or dominārier, perfect active dominātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to be lord and/or master or have dominion, domineer

   Synonyms: imperitō, moderor, ōrdinō, rēgnō, regō, magistrō, gerō

2. 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

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^[1], 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

1. indefinite plural of domina