noun · masculinethird declension
domitor
domitor m (genitive domitōris, feminine domitrīx)
Classical[ˈdɔ.mɪ.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɔː.mi.tor]
Meaning
- masculinetamer, breaker (of horses etc)
- masculinesubduer, vanquisher, conqueror
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī domatdomitor -ōris (m) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 20
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | domitor | domitōrēs domitrīcēs |
| genitive | domitōris domitrīcis | domitōrum domitrīcum |
| dative | domitōrī domitrīcī | domitōribus domitrīcibus |
| accusative | domitōrem domitrīcem | domitōrēs domitrīcēs |
| ablative | domitōre domitrīce | domitōribus domitrīcibus |
| vocative | domitor | domitōrēs domitrīcēs |
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.).
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
domitor ōris, m
2 DOM-, a tamer, breaker : equorum.— A subduer, vanquisher, conqueror : armorum: Persarum: maris, ruler , V.
Origins
By surface analysis, domō (“to tame, conquer”) + -tor (“-er”). The term may be compared with Ancient Greek πανδάματωρ (pandámatōr, “all-conqueroring”), Sanskrit दमितृ (damitṛ́, “tamer”), and the Illyrian personal name Domator, which may suggest the existence of an agent noun *domh₂tōr, from the root *demh₂-. However, Beekes suggests that the Sanskrit, Greek, and Latin form may simply be independent innovations; he does not note the existence of the Illyrian name.