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dŏmĭnātus , ūs (dat. dominatu, Caes. ap. Gell. 4, 16, 8), m. dominor,
I.rule, command; esp. absolute rule, sovereignty, mastery, tyranny (good prose; most frequent in Cicero; for syn. v. dominatio).
I. 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.—
II. 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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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