domitor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dŏmĭtor (also post-class. dŏmātor, Amm. 21, 5; but Tib. 4, 1, 116, the true reading is domante), ōris, m. [domo], a tamer, breaker (rare but class.).

I Prop.: equorum, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; Verg. A. 7, 189; 651 al.; Inscr. Orell. 4179.—

II Transf., a subduer , vanquisher , conqueror : vexator furoris, domitor armorum, Cic. Mil. 13 fin. ; cf.: belli externi, Tac. H. 2, 76 fin. : Persarum (with victor), Cic. Rep. 1, 3; cf.: Hispaniae Galliaeque, Liv. 21, 43: Trojae, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 19: maris (Neptunus), Verg. A. 5, 799; cf.: freti Tiphys, Sen. Med. 2: domitor ac frenator infinitae potestatis (animus), Plin. Pan. 55, 9; cf.: curarum (somnus), Sen. Agam. 75.

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