出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2024/07/26 13:00 UTC 版)
Syncope of dominus, optional in Classical Latin (Plautus, Horatius) and widespread in Vulgar and Late Latin.
domnus m (genitive domnī, feminine domna); second declension
In modern Ecclesiastical Latin, the vocative domne may be used when addressing others in a liturgical context, but the full form Domine is always used when addressing God. This distinction is already attested in the Late Latin era: the retention of the form dominus for God by Christians at that time was likely a conscious archaism implying special dignity, rather than evidence that domnus was felt to be nonstandard.
Second-declension noun.