dominium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominium.

Noun

dominium (countable and uncountable, plural dominiums)

1. The ownership of a thing.
2. (biology, taxonomy) The highest category in the classification of organisms, ranking above regnum.

   Synonym: domain

   • 2012, Eduardo N. Esteban, Mirentxu Indart, Silvia Cerone, G. de Yaniz, Ana G. Inza, Herminia Landi, Silvina Mogni, Marcela Juliarena, Leticia Igarza, “Production and Biochemestry - Molecular Analysis of Microbial Community Fermenting Whey as a Potential Probiotic for Use Animals”, in Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine‎^[1], volume 2, number 3, →DOI, page 104:

     The MC was composed of agents from different separated Dominium like Bacteria (Lactobacillum) and Eukaria (yeast).

   • 2013, Sara Carillo, phD Thesis in Chemical Sciences: XXV cycle: Extremophile bacteria glycolipids: structure and biological activity‎^[2], University of Naples “Federico II”: Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, page 3:

     Extremophilic organisms may be located in all the three dominia and include prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells.

   • 2004, Extremophiles 2004: 5th International Conference on Extremophiles‎^[3], Washington, USA: American Society for Microbiology, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 82:

     Several aerobic and anaerobic, thermophilic, microorganisms belonging to the Eubacteria and Archaea dominia were isolated from thermal springs of the Eolian Islands.

3. Political unit

   Synonym: domain

   • 2009, Margaret R.L.L. Kelly, “Constitutions and the Classics: Sir John Fortescue”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[4]:

     However, this does not mean that these are the only types of kingdoms, nor that only kingdoms are dominiums.

   • 2016, Tahir Ahmad Dhindsa, “Education for Sustainable Development: Challenges in Pakistan”, in Reorienting Educational Efforts for Sustainable Development, page 165:

     The Indian Sub-continent was partitioned in August 1947 to create two independent, sovereign dominiums, India and Pakistan.

Related terms

• dominate
• dominion

References

• “dominium”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “dominium”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From dominus (“master, lord”) +‎ -ium.

Noun

dominium n (genitive dominiī or dominī); second declension

1. feast, banquet

   Synonyms: convīvium, epulum, epulae, cōmissātiō, fēsta, daps

2. rule, dominion
3. ownership
4. (biology) domain, dominium
   • [August 1974, Royall T. Moore, Taxon, volume 23, number 4, →DOI, page 650:

     A proposal is made to recognize super ranks, including the new rank of dominion (Dominium) above that of the kingdom (Regnum) and to designate suffixes for those of superfamily and above.]

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dominium	dominia
Genitive	dominiī dominī1	dominiōrum
Dative	dominiō	dominiīs
Accusative	dominium	dominia
Ablative	dominiō	dominiīs
Vocative	dominium	dominia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• ⇒ Medieval Latin: dominiō
  • Middle French: dominion
    • French: dominion
      • → Romanian: dominion
    • → Middle English: dominion
      • English: dominion
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: dominion
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: dominion
• Catalan: domini
• → English: dominium
• Galician: dominio
• Italian: dominio
• → Middle English: domine, dominy, dominye, domyny
• Old French: demaine, demeigne, demeine, demene, demesne, demeyne, domaine, domane (possibly)
  • French: domaine
    • → English: domaine
    • → German: Domäne
    • → Romanian: domeniu
  • → Italian: demanio
  • → Middle English: demayne
    • English: demesne
  • → Middle English: demeine, demain
    • English: domain
• Piedmontese: domini
• → Polish: dominium
• Portuguese: domínio
• Romanian: domeniu
• Spanish: dominio

References

• “dominium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dominium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dominium 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)
• dominium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “dominium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dominium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dominium. Doublet of domena (“domain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔˈmi.ɲum/

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• Rhymes: -iɲum
• Syllabification: do‧mi‧nium

Noun

dominium n

1. (historical) dominion (one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire)
2. (historical) dominium (large land or forest estate belonging to a king or powerful families in medieval Poland)
3. (historical) demesne, domain (lord's chief manor place)

   Synonym: domena

4. (Ancient Rome, historical) dominium (full authority of the head of the house over slaves and things)

Declension

Declension of dominium

	singular	plural
nominative	dominium	dominia
genitive	dominium	dominiów
dative	dominium	dominiom
accusative	dominium	dominia
instrumental	dominium	dominiami
locative	dominium	dominiach
vocative	dominium	dominia

Derived terms

adjective

• dominialny

 

Further reading

• dominium in Polish dictionaries at PWN