# dominium
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominium.

### Noun

dominium (countable and uncountable, plural dominiums)
* The ownership of a thing.
* (biology, taxonomy) The highest category in the classification of organisms, ranking above regnum.
    Synonym: domain
** 2012, Eduardo N. Esteban, Mirentxu Indart, Silvia Cerone, G. de Yaniz, Ana G. Inza, Herminia Landi, Silvina Mogni, Marcela Juliarena, Leticia Igarza, “Production and Biochemestry - Molecular Analysis of Microbial Community Fermenting Whey as a Potential Probiotic for Use Animals”, in Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine‎, volume 2, number 3, →DOI, page 104:The MC was composed of agents from different separated Dominium like Bacteria (Lactobacillum) and Eukaria (yeast).
** 2013, Sara Carillo, phD Thesis in Chemical Sciences: XXV cycle: Extremophile bacteria glycolipids: structure and biological activity‎, University of Naples “Federico II”: Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, page 3:Extremophilic organisms may be located in all the three dominia and include prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells.
** 2004, Extremophiles 2004: 5th International Conference on Extremophiles‎, Washington, USA: American Society for Microbiology, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 82:Several aerobic and anaerobic, thermophilic, microorganisms belonging to the Eubacteria and Archaea dominia were isolated from thermal springs of the Eolian Islands.
* Political unit
    Synonym: domain
** 2009, Margaret R.L.L. Kelly, “Constitutions and the Classics: Sir John Fortescue”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:However, this does not mean that these are the only types of kingdoms, nor that only kingdoms are dominiums.
** 2016, Tahir Ahmad Dhindsa, “Education for Sustainable Development: Challenges in Pakistan”, in Reorienting Educational Efforts for Sustainable Development, page 165:The Indian Sub-continent was partitioned in August 1947 to create two independent, sovereign dominiums, India and Pakistan.

#### Related terms

* dominate
* dominion

### References

* “dominium”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “dominium”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## Latin
### Etymology

From dominus (“master, lord”) +‎ -ium.

### Noun

dominium n (genitive dominiī or dominī); second declension
* feast, banquet
    Synonyms: convīvium, epulum, epulae, cōmissātiō, fēsta, daps
* rule, dominion
* ownership
* (biology) domain, dominium
** [August 1974, Royall T. Moore, Taxon, volume 23, number 4, →DOI, page 650:A proposal is made to recognize super ranks, including the new rank of dominion (Dominium) above that of the kingdom (Regnum) and to designate suffixes for those of superfamily and above.]

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).
$^1$Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

#### Descendants

* ⇒ Medieval Latin: dominiō
** Middle French: dominion
*** French: dominion
**** → Romanian: dominion
*** → Middle English: dominion
**** English: dominion
***** → Norwegian Bokmål: dominion
***** → Norwegian Nynorsk: dominion
* Catalan: domini
* → English: dominium
* Galician: dominio
* Italian: dominio
* → Middle English: domine, dominy, dominye, domyny
* Old French: demaine, demeigne, demeine, demene, demesne, demeyne, domaine, domane (possibly)
** French: domaine
*** → English: domaine
*** → German: Domäne
*** → Romanian: domeniu
** → Italian: demanio
** → Middle English: demayne
*** English: demesne
** → Middle English: demeine, demain
*** English: domain
* Piedmontese: domini
* → Polish: dominium
* Portuguese: domínio
* Romanian: domeniu
* Spanish: dominio

### References

* “dominium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “dominium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* dominium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* dominium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “dominium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “dominium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dominium. Doublet of domena (“domain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔˈmi.ɲum/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iɲum
* Syllabification: do‧mi‧nium

### Noun

dominium n
* (historical) dominion (one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire)
* (historical) dominium (large land or forest estate belonging to a king or powerful families in medieval Poland)
* (historical) demesne, domain (lord's chief manor place)
    Synonym: domena
* (Ancient Rome, historical) dominium (full authority of the head of the house over slaves and things)

#### Derived terms

* dominialny

### Further reading

* dominium in Polish dictionaries at PWN