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dŏmĭtor (also post-class. dŏmātor , Amm. 21, 5; but Tib. 4, 1, 116, the true reading is domante), ōris, m. id.,
I.a tamer, breaker (rare but class.).
I. Prop.: “equorum,” Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; Verg. A. 7, 189; 651 al.; Inscr. Orell. 4179.—
II. Transf., a subduer, vanquisher, conqueror: “vexator furoris, domitor armorum,” Cic. Mil. 13 fin.; cf.: “belli externi,” Tac. H. 2, 76 fin.: “Persarum (with victor),” Cic. Rep. 1, 3; cf.: “Hispaniae Galliaeque,” Liv. 21, 43: “Trojae,” Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 19: “maris (Neptunus),” Verg. A. 5, 799; cf.: “freti Tiphys,” Sen. Med. 2: “domitor ac frenator infinitae potestatis (animus),” Plin. Pan. 55, 9; cf.: “curarum (somnus),” Sen. Agam. 75.
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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    • Cicero, For Milo, 13
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.799
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.189
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.76
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 43
    • Seneca, Agamemnon, 75
    • Seneca, Medea, 2
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.3
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