adjective

dŏmĭnĭcus

fem. dŏmĭnĭca · neut. dŏmĭnĭcum

(contr. DOMNICUS, Inscr. Orell. 3201), , dominus

belonging to a lord; master

of or belonging to a lord or master (rare; not in Cic.).

Prop.: gannire ad aurem numquam didici dominicam, Afran. ap. Isid. Differ. 86… ••

Prop.: gannire ad aurem numquam didici dominicam, Afran. ap. Isid. Differ. 86 (v. 282 Rib.): rationes pecuariae, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 10: habitationes, Col. 9 praef. § 1: palatum, Sen. Ep. 47: vinum, Petr. 31, 2: jussus, id. 28, 7: GENIUS, Inscr. Orell. 1721: APOTHECA, ib. 2591 al.—

by extension

imperial; a collection of poems by the Emperor Nero •

Since the formation of the empire, imperial: res, Cod. Just. 7, 38: coloni, ib. 3, 26, 7: OPERA, Inscr. Orell. 1243 al.—Subst.: Dŏmĭnĭcum, i, n., a collection of poems by the Emperor Nero, Suet. Vit. 11 fin.—

In eccl. Lat.,

the Lord's Day; Sunday

Dominica dies, the Lord's Day, Sunday, Tert. Coron. 3; id. Jejun. 15; Vulg. Apoc. 1, 10.—

the Lord's Supper

Dominica cena, the Lord's Supper, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 20.

Perseus ID: n14695 Key: dominicus