A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Dominus,-i (s.m.II), gen.sg. domini, abl. sg. domino, nom.pl. domini, acc. pl. dominos: master, Mr.; Lord; medieval “Sire,” “Lord,” used of powerful persons, e.g., nobles, feudal barons, knights, clergymen; a lord of a manor; a member of the peerage of England; a ruler, master, possessor; an owner of a residence; see Lord.

NOTE: abbrev. ‘D.’, q.v.; plural DD., q.v.

- circa Podium ad Cajanum ad Cerros, quem etiam Londino Dominus Sherardus misit (Mich.), around the Podium [i.e. the heights] at Cajanum on oak [Quercus cerris], which also Lord Sherard sent from London.

- variis in locis, & praesertim in collibus ante stabulum vaccarum Domini Marchionis de Сastilione nuncupatis le [Trafitte] (Mich.) in different places, and particularly in the hillocks before the stable of cows of the Lord Marquis de Castilione called le [Trafitte].

- In Ilicum sylvis saepe vidimus, speciatim in Aucuparia Domini Marchionis de Niccolinis, in loco dicto Scandicci alto (Mich.), we often seed it in the in the forests of Ilex, especially in the Aucuparia of the Lord Marquis de Niccolinis, in the place called Scandicci alto.

- Praenobili Viro D. CAROLO HATTON Armigero, Nobilissimi Domini D. CHRISTOPHORI HATTON BARONIS LIBERI Angliae FILIO, HANC Plantarum Historiam Ipsius instinctu compositam perquam officiose dedicate Joannes Raius, John Ray with the highest courtesy dedicates this [natural] history of plants, composed according to his own inspiration, to the celebrated man, Lord D. [Dominus] Carolus Hatton, armiger [i.e. esquire], the son of the most noble Lord D.[i.e. Dominus], free Baron of England, Christopher Hatton.