dominor

dŏmĭnor, ātus (ante-class. inf domina rier, Verg. A. 7, 70), 1, v. dep. n. [dominus], to be lord and master, to have dominion, bear rule domineer (freq. and class.; for syn. cf.: regno, impero, jubeo, praesum).

Prop., absol.:

imperare quam plurimis, pollere, regnare, dominari,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12;

so,

absol., id. 1, 33; id. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Sall. C. 2, 2; Liv. 33, 46; Tac. A. 4, 7; id. H. 1, 21; Verg. A. 2, 363 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in capite fortunisque hominum,

Cic. Quint. 30, 94; so,

in aliqua re,

id. ib. 31, 98; id. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 51 fin.; Liv. 8, 31; Verg. A. 2, 327; Ov. F. 3, 315 al.— With inter or in: inter aliquos, * Caes. B. G. 2, 31 fin.; so Ov. Am. 3, 6, 63:

dominari in cetera (animalia),

id. M. 1, 77:

in adversarios,

Liv. 3, 53.—With abl.:

summā dominarier arce,

Verg. A. 7, 70.—With the abl. only, Verg. A. 6, 766; 1, 285; 3, 97.— With dat.:

toti dominabere mundo,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 143.—With gen.:

omnium rerum,

Lact. Ira, 14, 3; Tert. Hab. Mul. 1 al. in late Lat.—

Transf., to rule, reign, govern, etc., of inanimate and abstract subjects:

Cleanthes solem dominari putat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41:

mare,

Tac. Agr. 10 fin.:

pestis in magnae dominatur moenibus urbis,

Ov. M. 7, 553:

inter nitentia culta Infelix lolium et steriles dominantur avenae,

Verg. G. 1, 154: ubi libido dominatur, Crassus ap. Cic. Or. 65, 219; so,

consilium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38:

potestas (sc. censura) longinquitate,

Liv. 9, 33:

oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 62:

fortuna,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

usus dicendi in libera civitate,

id. de Or. 2, 8, 33; id. Caecin. 25, 71: actio in dicendo, id. ap. Quint. 11, 3, 7:

effectus maxime in ingressu ac fine (causae),

Quint. 8 prooem. §

7 et saep.: senectus si usque ad ultimum spiritum dominatur in suos,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 38.—Hence, dŏmĭnans, antis, P. a., ruling, bearing sway. — Lit.:

a gentibus dominantibus premi,

Lact. 7, 15, 5. — Trop.:

animus dominantior ad vitam,

Lucr. 3, 397; id. 6, 238: dominantia nomina = vulgaria, communia, the Gr. kuria, proper, without metaphor, Hor. A. P. 234. —As subst.: dŏmĭnans, antis, m., an absolute ruler:

cum dominante sermones,

Tac. A. 14, 56; id. H. 4, 74.— Plur., Vulg. Jer. 50, 21; id. Apoc. 19, 16.— Adv.: dŏmĭnante, in the manner of a ruler, Dracont. Hexaem. 1, 331.

► dŏmĭnor, āri, pass., to be ruled: o domus antiqua, heu, quam dispari Dominare domino! Poëta ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139; Nigid. ap. Prisc. p. 793; Lact. Mort. Pers. 16, 7.

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dŏmĭnor, ātus (ante-class. inf domina rier, Verg. A. 7, 70), 1, v. dep. n. [dominus], to be lord and master, to have dominion, bear rule domineer (freq. and class.; for syn. cf.: regno, impero, jubeo, praesum).

Prop., absol.:

imperare quam plurimis, pollere, regnare, dominari,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12;

so,

absol., id. 1, 33; id. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Sall. C. 2, 2; Liv. 33, 46; Tac. A. 4, 7; id. H. 1, 21; Verg. A. 2, 363 et saep.—With in and abl.:

in capite fortunisque hominum,

Cic. Quint. 30, 94; so,

in aliqua re,

id. ib. 31, 98; id. Div. in Caecil. 7 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 51 fin.; Liv. 8, 31; Verg. A. 2, 327; Ov. F. 3, 315 al.— With inter or in: inter aliquos, * Caes. B. G. 2, 31 fin.; so Ov. Am. 3, 6, 63:

dominari in cetera (animalia),

id. M. 1, 77:

in adversarios,

Liv. 3, 53.—With abl.:

summā dominarier arce,

Verg. A. 7, 70.—With the abl. only, Verg. A. 6, 766; 1, 285; 3, 97.— With dat.:

toti dominabere mundo,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 143.—With gen.:

omnium rerum,

Lact. Ira, 14, 3; Tert. Hab. Mul. 1 al. in late Lat.—

Transf., to rule, reign, govern, etc., of inanimate and abstract subjects:

Cleanthes solem dominari putat,

Cic. Ac. 2, 41:

mare,

Tac. Agr. 10 fin.:

pestis in magnae dominatur moenibus urbis,

Ov. M. 7, 553:

inter nitentia culta Infelix lolium et steriles dominantur avenae,

Verg. G. 1, 154: ubi libido dominatur, Crassus ap. Cic. Or. 65, 219; so,

consilium,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38:

potestas (sc. censura) longinquitate,

Liv. 9, 33:

oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 62:

fortuna,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

usus dicendi in libera civitate,

id. de Or. 2, 8, 33; id. Caecin. 25, 71: actio in dicendo, id. ap. Quint. 11, 3, 7:

effectus maxime in ingressu ac fine (causae),

Quint. 8 prooem. §

7 et saep.: senectus si usque ad ultimum spiritum dominatur in suos,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 38.—Hence, dŏmĭnans, antis, P. a., ruling, bearing sway. — Lit.:

a gentibus dominantibus premi,

Lact. 7, 15, 5. — Trop.:

animus dominantior ad vitam,

Lucr. 3, 397; id. 6, 238: dominantia nomina = vulgaria, communia, the Gr. kuria, proper, without metaphor, Hor. A. P. 234. —As subst.: dŏmĭnans, antis, m., an absolute ruler:

cum dominante sermones,

Tac. A. 14, 56; id. H. 4, 74.— Plur., Vulg. Jer. 50, 21; id. Apoc. 19, 16.— Adv.: dŏmĭnante, in the manner of a ruler, Dracont. Hexaem. 1, 331.

► dŏmĭnor, āri, pass., to be ruled: o domus antiqua, heu, quam dispari Dominare domino! Poëta ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139; Nigid. ap. Prisc. p. 793; Lact. Mort. Pers. 16, 7.

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dŏmĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [dominor], rule, dominion.

Prop., among the republican Romans, mostly with an odious secondary meaning, unrestricted power, absolute dominion, lordship, tyranny, despotism (good prose;

for syn. cf.: regnum, dicio, imperium, potestas, magistratus),

Cic. Rep. 1, 32 (opp. libertas, id. ib. 1, 43; Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 3; Sall. J. 31, 16; Liv. 3, 39; 4, 5; 6, 18; Tac. A. 6, 42 al.); Cic. Rep. 2, 9; 19; id. Phil. 3, 14, 34; id. Agr. 1, 6 fin.; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; Sall. C. 5, 6; Nep. Milt. 3, 4; Quint. 9, 2, 97; Tac. A. 1, 3 et saep.—In the plur., Cic. Rep. 2, 26 fin. Mos.; Sall. Hist. Fragm. 1, 9, p. 214 ed. Gerl.; Tac. A. 3, 26; 12, 4; Vulg. Psa. 144, 13 al.—

Transf., = dominantes, rulers, lords, despots.—Sing. collect.:

totam eam dominationem in carcerem detraxit,

Flor. 1, 24, 3.— Plur., Tac. A. 13, 1.—

Trop.:

regnumque judiciorum,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:

regia in judiciis,

id. ib. 2, 5, 68:

firma et moderata rationis in libididem,

id. Inv. 2, 54, 164.—

In eccl. Lat., angels, spiritual powers, Vulg. Colos. 1, 16.

dŏmĭnātus, ūs (dat. dominatu, Caes. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 8), m. [dominor], rule, command; esp. absolute rule, sovereignty, mastery, tyranny (good prose; most frequent in Cicero; for syn. v. dominatio).

Prop., Cic. Rep. 1, 27 (opp. libertas; cf.

opp. servitus,

id. Deiot. 11, 30); id. Tusc. 5, 20; id. Phil. 11, 14, 36; id. de Or. 2, 55, 225; id. Div. 1, 25, 53; id. Off. 2, 1, 2; Caes. B. C. 1, 4 fin. —In plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 39; Prud. Ham. 517.—

Transf.:

animi,

Cic. Rep. 1, 38; cf.

consilii,

id. ib.:

cupiditatum,

id. Par. 5, 3, 40:

omnium rerum (with principatus and potestas),

id. N. D. 2, 11; cf. id. Rep. 1, 17:

omnis terrenorum commodorum est in homine,

id. N. D. 2, 60 fin.

regno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [regnum].

Neutr., to have royal power, to be king, to rule, reign:

ubi Pterela rex regnavit,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 257:

Romulus cum septem et triginta regnavisset annos,

Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 17; cf. id. ib. 2, 14, 27; 2, 18, 33;

2, 20, 36: Servius injussu populi regnavisse traditur,

id. ib. 2, 21, 37:

(Mithridates) annum jam tertium et vicesimum regnat, et ita regnat, ut, etc.,

id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

tertium jam nunc annum regnans,

Caes. B. G. 5, 25:

regnante Romulo,

Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

(Camers) tacitis regnavit Amyclis,

Verg. A. 10, 564:

quālibet exules In parte regnanto beati,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 39:

Latio regnans,

Verg. A. 1, 265:

regnandi dira cupido,

id. G. 1, 37:

Albae regnare,

Liv. 1, 3:

Romae,

id. 1, 17 fin.; 1, 40:

Tusco profundo,

Ov. M. 14, 223:

Graias per urbes,

Verg. A. 3, 295:

in Colchis,

Plin. 33, 3, 15, § 52:

advenae in nos regnaverunt,

Tac. A. 11, 24.—Once poet., like basileuô, with gen.:

quā Daunus agrestium Regnavit populorum,

Hor. C. 3, 30, 12.— Impers. pass.:

hic jam ter centum totos regnabitur annos Gente sub Hectoreā,

Verg. A. 1, 272:

quia post Tatii mortem ab suā parte non erat regnandum... in variis voluntatibus regnari tamen omnes volebant,

Liv. 1, 17 Drak. N. cr.:

regnatum Romae ab conditā urbe ad liberatam annos ducentos quadraginta quattuor,

id. 1, 60 fin.:

hinc Cytherea tuis longo regnabitur aevo,

Sil. 3, 592.—

In gen., to be lord, to rule, reign, govern, be supreme (syn. dominor);

in a good sense: quoniam equitum centurias tenes, in quibus regnas,

Cic. Fam. 11, 16 fin.; cf.:

regnare in judiciis,

Quint. 10, 1, 112:

vivo et regno,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 8. —

Esp., of the gods: caelo tonantem credimus Jovem Regnare,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 2:

Saturno regnante,

Ov. F. 1, 193:

secundo Caesare regnes,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 52.—

In a bad sense (very freq.),

to lord it, tyrannize, domineer, Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

regnavit is paucos menses,

id. Lael. 12, 41:

quin se ille interfecto Milone regnaturum putaret,

id. Mil. 16, 43:

Timarchidem fugitivum omnibus oppidis per triennium scitote regnasse,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 136:

nec jam libertate contentos esse, nisi etiam regnent ac dominentur,

Liv. 24, 29, 7 Drak.; cf.

so with dominari,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21; Flor. 3, 12, 9.—

Of things, to reign, rule, hold sway (mostly poet.):

umor regnavit in arvis,

Lucr. 5, 395:

(ignis) per ramos victor regnat,

Verg. G. 2, 307:

in totum regnaret Sirius annum,

Stat. Th. 1, 635:

cum regnat rosa (i. e. at a banquet, where the guests were crowned with roses),

Mart. 10, 19, 20: quid faciant leges, ubi sola pecunia regnat? Petr. poët. 14; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 74.—

Trop., to rule, have the mastery, prevail, predominate: Pathêtikon, in quo uno regnat oratio, Cic. Or. 37, 128; cf.:

(eloquentia) hic regnat, hic imperat, hic sola vincit,

Quint. 7, 4, 24; 11, 3, 181:

ardor edendi per avidas fauces regnat,

Ov. M. 8, 829; cf.:

ebrietas geminata libidine regnat,

id. ib. 12, 221:

regnat nequitiā,

Sen. Ben. 1, 10:

morbus regnans,

Grat. Cyn. 462. —

Act., to rule, sway, govern (only in pass., and poet. and in postAug. prose); part. perf. with dat. of agent:

terra acri quondam regnata Lycurgo,

Verg. A. 3, 14:

Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam,

id. ib. 6, 794; Ov. M. 8, 623; 13, 720; id. H. 10, 69; Hor. C. 2, 6, 11; 3, 29, 27; Sil. 14, 7:

si unquam regnandam acceperit Albam,

Verg. A. 6, 770:

trans Lugios Gotones regnantur, paulo jam adductius quam ceterae Germanorum gentes,

Tac. G. 44: exceptis iis gentibus quae regnantur, id. ib 25; cf. id. A. 13, 54:

quae (gentes) regnan tur,

id. H. 1, 16 fin.; Mel. 2, 2, 24:

gens reg. nata feminis,

Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 76.