LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

dominātus

dominātus m (genitive dominātūs)
Classical[dɔ.mɪˈnaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[do.miˈnaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. absolute power
  2. rule
    dominatus cupiditatum

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedominātusdominātūs
genitivedominātūsdominātuum
dativedominātuīdominātibus
accusativedominātumdominātūs
ablativedominātūdominātibus
vocativedominātusdominātūs

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.

Origins

From dominor + -tus or dominus + -ātus. Compare prīncipātus.

Descendants
  • GermanDominat

In English words that came into English from dominātus

  • dominatedominātus

Quick answers

What does dominātus mean in Latin?
dominātus, a noun, means “absolute power; rule”.
What is the genitive of dominātus?
The genitive singular is dominātūs. dominātus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce dominātus?
In classical Latin, [dɔ.mɪˈnaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [do.miˈnaː.tus].