Syncope ofdominus, optional in Classical Latin (Plautus,Horatius) and widespread in Vulgar and Late Latin.

domnus m (genitivedomnī,femininedomna);second declension

1. lord

   Synonyms:erus,dominus,arbiter

2. master

In modernEcclesiastical Latin, the vocativedomne may be used when addressing others in a liturgical context, but the full formDomine is always used when addressing God.^[1] This distinction is already attested in theLate Latin era: the retention of the formdominus for God by Christians at that time was likely a consciousarchaism implying special dignity, rather than evidence thatdomnus was felt to be nonstandard.^[2]

Second-declension noun.

• *domnicellus

• “domnus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "domnus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• domnus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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