dominari

Dominari is a Latin deponent verb of the first conjugation meaning to rule, to dominate, or to exercise sovereignty over someone or something. In classical and late Latin texts it describes political power, authority within a household, or metaphorical mastery. The form is deponent, so it uses passive morphology while carrying active meaning. The word is derived from dominus, master, and from dominatio, domination, and has given English derivatives such as dominate and domination through the same Latin lineage.

Grammatical features: As a deponent verb, dominari has the present system in which the forms look passive but translate actively: dominor, dominaris, dominatur, dominamur, dominamini, dominantur. Its principal parts are dominor, dominari, dominatus sum. The imperfect uses the same passive endings: dominabar, dominabaris, dominabatur, dominabamur, dominabamini, dominabantur. The future: dominabor, dominaberis, dominabitur, dominabimur, dominabimini, dominabuntur. The perfect system uses the participle dominatus with forms of sum (dominatus sum, dominatus es, dominatus est, etc.), with the pluperfect and future perfect built similarly (dominatus eram; dominatus ero, etc.).

Usage notes and derivatives: Dominari expresses rule or domination over persons or things, in literal or figurative senses. It belongs to a family that includes dominatio (domination) and the noun dominus (master), from which English cognates such as dominate and domination derive. In ancient texts it appears in contexts ranging from royal authority to military command or conceptual control. See also Latin verbs and deponent verbs for broader grammatical context.