dŏmĭnĭcus (contr. DOMNICUS, Inscr. Orell. 3201), a, um, adj. [dominus], of or belonging to a lord or master (rare; not in Cic.).
I 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.—
II Transf.
A 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. —
B In eccl. Lat.,
α Dominica dies, the Lord's Day , Sunday , Tert. Coron. 3; id. Jejun. 15; Vulg. Apoc. 1, 10.—
β Dominica cena, the Lord's Supper , Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 20.