Latin

Alternative forms

• DOMNICVS (contraction used in inscriptions)

Adjective

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

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

2. (transferred senses):
   1. (since the formation of the Empire) imperial
   2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Lord’s, God’s

Declension

First/second declension.

Synonyms

• (imperial): imperiālis

Derived terms

References

• dŏmĭnĭcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dominicus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.