dominionus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
- domigniōnus, domignōnus, domniōnus, domniō
- donjōnus, domgiō, dongiō, donjō, dungiō, dungeō, dunjō, dangiō
- doglō, dunliō
Etymology edit
Borrowed from the Romance descendants of Vulgar Latin *dominiōnem (see Old Occitan domnhon, Old French donjon).
Attested beginning in the eleventh century, e.g. in a document from Mouzon[1] (Northeastern France) where it occurs in the form domniōne.[2]
Noun edit
dominiōnus m (genitive dominiōnī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
- donjon (central tower of a castle)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dominiōnus | dominiōnī |
| Genitive | dominiōnī | dominiōnōrum |
| Dative | dominiōnō | dominiōnīs |
| Accusative | dominiōnum | dominiōnōs |
| Ablative | dominiōnō | dominiōnīs |
| Vocative | dominiōne | dominiōnī |
References edit
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “dominionus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 353
- ^ dominionus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
- ^ dunjo 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)