[214] Dominus like ‘lord’ and ‘master’ in English, is used for a husband or lover in a sense which may be either invidious or the reverse according to the feelings of the speaker. See Forc. Here it is of course invidious, like “servire marito” v. 103. With ‘in regna recepit,’ which implies not merely a hospitable welcome but association in the kingdom, comp. v. 374, “Excepi, et regni demens in parte locavi.”
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