dominicus

Latin

dominus (“lord”, “master”) +‎ -icus (“of”, “pertaining to”, “belonging to”, “connected with”)

dominicus (feminine dominica, neuter dominicum); first/second declension

(rare, does not occur in Cicero’s works) of or belonging to a lord or master
- AD 64, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium XLVII, § 8:
  Adice obsonatores, quibus dominici palati notitia subtilis est, qui sciunt, cuius illum rei sapor excitet, cuius delectet aspectus, cuius novitate nauseabundus erigi possit, quid iam ipsa satietate fastidiat, quid illo die esuriat.
(transferred senses):
1. (since the formation of the Empire) imperial
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Lord’s, God’s

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	dominicus	dominica	dominicum	dominicī	dominicae	dominica
Genitive	dominicī	dominicae	dominicī	dominicōrum	dominicārum	dominicōrum
Dative	dominicō	dominicae	dominicō	dominicīs	dominicīs	dominicīs
Accusative	dominicum	dominicam	dominicum	dominicōs	dominicās	dominica
Ablative	dominicō	dominicā	dominicō	dominicīs	dominicīs	dominicīs
Vocative	dominice	dominica	dominicum	dominicī	dominicae	dominica

dŏmĭnĭcus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
dominicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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