Borrowed fromMedieval Latinannō Dominī, fromannō, (ablative ofannus(“year”)) +Dominī (genitive ofdominus(“lord”)); literally,in the year of the Lord.
anno Domini (countable anduncountable,pluralannis Domini)
- The currentdateera beginningapproximately 2000 years ago in theGregorian calendar, based on the birth ofJesus Christ.
- TheChicago Manual of Style as well as most house styles require placing theAD before the date (e.g., AD 250), although in casual use it is frequently found following the date.
Anno Domini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia- “anno Domini”, inThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.:Houghton Mifflin,2000,→ISBN.
- “anno Domini”, inDictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "anno Domini" inWordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Literally, “in the year of the Lord” (ablative ofannus(“year”),genitive ofDominus(“Lord”)). The numbering system and the appellation are ascribed toDionysius Exiguus (c. 6th century), though he most likely drew on earlier sources. Dionysius gives the full nameannīabincarnātiōneDominī(“years from the incarnation of the Lord”) to the series of years since AD 1, withannus Dominī and(annus) ab incarnātiōne serving as short forms in early uses.Annō Dominī is a fixed phrase by the 11th century.
annōDominī(Medieval Latin, New Latin)
- in the year of our Lord,anno Domini
- Anno Domini millesimo quadringentesimo quinquagesimo nono. ―In the year of our Lord 1459.
- 1282–1285, Simon de Keza,Gesta Hungarorum; section 7
Igitur in aetate sexta saeculi multiplicati Huni in Scitia habitandout arena,anno Domini septingentesimo in unum congregati, capitaneos inter se[…]- Therefore, in the sixth century, the Huns, who had multiplied in Scythialike sand, and living there, gathered togetherin the year of our Lord seven hundred, and appointed captains among themselves […]
1476, “Commissio propria domini regis”, inDecreta Regni Hungariae 1458–1490, Budapest, published1989:Datum Bude in Dominica reminiscereanno Domini millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesimo sexto regnorum nostrorum anno Hungarie etc.- Given inBuda on Sunday,in the year of our Lord one thousand four hundred seventy-six, in the year of our reigns in Hungary, etc.
- McCarthy, Daniel P. (2003), “The Emergence ofAnno Domini”, in Gerhard Jaritz, Gerson Moreno-Riaño, editors,Time and Eternity: The Medieval Discourse,→ISBN, pages31–54
First partanno fromLatinannō, ablative ofannus(“year; time”), fromProto-Italic*atnos(“year”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂et-no-, from*h₂et-(“to go”).
Last partDomini fromLatinDominī, genitive singular ofDominus(“The Lord”), ofdominus(“lord, master of a house”), fromProto-Italic*domanos, fromProto-Indo-European*domh₂nos(“subduing”), from*demh₂-(“to domesticate, tame”).
annoDomini
- anno Domini(the current date era beginning approximately 2000 years ago in the Gregorian calendar, based on the assumed birth of Jesus Christ.)
2002, Cecilie Høigård,Gategallerier:[AD] kan også bety noe annet enn Angel Devious, det kan bety Anno Domini- [AD] can also mean something other than Angel Devious, it can mean Anno Domini
