"dux" meaning in Latin

See dux in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈduks/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈd̪ʊks̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈduks/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈd̪uks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From dūcō (“lead”, verb) + -s (noun-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{af|la|dūcō|-s|pos1=verb|pos2=noun-forming suffix|t1=lead}} dūcō (“lead”, verb) + -s (noun-forming suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|dux<3>|g=m|g2=f}} dux m or f (genitive ducis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|dux<3>}} Forms: ducis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dux [nominative, singular], ducēs [nominative, plural], ducis [genitive, singular], ducum [genitive, plural], ducī [dative, singular], ducibus [dative, plural], ducem [accusative, singular], ducēs [accusative, plural], duce [ablative, singular], ducibus [ablative, plural], dux [singular, vocative], ducēs [plural, vocative]
  1. leader, head Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Leaders
    Sense id: en-dux-la-noun-Ze8Zrzi7 Disambiguation of Leaders: 10 29 1 33 26 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 16 16 23 28
  2. commander, general, captain Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Leaders, Military
    Sense id: en-dux-la-noun-IJZPn77e Disambiguation of Leaders: 10 29 1 33 26 Disambiguation of Military: 0 59 0 41 0 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 16 16 23 28
  3. prince, ruler Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-dux-la-noun-4nr1Xb47 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 16 16 23 28
  4. guide, cicerone, conductor Tags: declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Leaders
    Sense id: en-dux-la-noun-NHmdPETN Disambiguation of Leaders: 10 29 1 33 26 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 19 4 3 56 18 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 16 16 23 28 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -s: 7 8 7 48 31
  5. (Medieval Latin) duke Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Leaders, Nobility, People
    Sense id: en-dux-la-noun-9oBEYPUJ Disambiguation of Leaders: 10 29 1 33 26 Disambiguation of Nobility: 1 19 1 18 61 Disambiguation of People: 0 30 0 30 40 Categories (other): Medieval Latin, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 16 16 16 23 28 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 13 14 13 18 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: archidux [Medieval], condux [Medieval], ducātus, ēducō, trādux Related terms: archiducātus, dūcō

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval"
      ],
      "word": "archidux"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval"
      ],
      "word": "condux"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ducātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ēducō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trādux"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Inherited:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "dûs"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: dûs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: dûs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "dûxe",
            "3": "Dûxe"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: dûxe, Dûxe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: dûxe, Dûxe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "dus"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: dus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: dus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "doxe"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: doxe, Doxe, doze, Doze — non-traditional spelling\n→ Italian: doge\n→ Arabic: دوج (dōj)\n→ Czech: dóže\n→ English: doge\n→ Esperanto: doĝo\n→ Irish: dóg\n→ Finnish: doge\n→ French: doge\n→ German: Doge\n→ Ido: dojo\n→ Polish: doża\n→ Russian: дож (dož)\n→ Armenian: դոժ (dož)\n→ Azerbaijani: doj\n→ Georgian: დოჟი (doži)\n→ Kazakh: дож (doj)\n→ Ukrainian: дож (dož)\n→ Greek: δόγης (dógis)\n→ Hungarian: dózse\n→ Macedonian: дужд (dužd)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: دوژ (doj)\n→ Portuguese: doge\n→ Romanian: doge\n→ Serbo-Croatian: dudž",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: doxe, Doxe, doze, Doze — non-traditional spelling\n→ Italian: doge\n→ Arabic: دوج (dōj)\n→ Czech: dóže\n→ English: doge\n→ Esperanto: doĝo\n→ Irish: dóg\n→ Finnish: doge\n→ French: doge\n→ German: Doge\n→ Ido: dojo\n→ Polish: doża\n→ Russian: дож (dož)\n→ Armenian: դոժ (dož)\n→ Azerbaijani: doj\n→ Georgian: დოჟი (doži)\n→ Kazakh: дож (doj)\n→ Ukrainian: дож (dož)\n→ Greek: δόγης (dógis)\n→ Hungarian: dózse\n→ Macedonian: дужд (dužd)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: دوژ (doj)\n→ Portuguese: doge\n→ Romanian: doge\n→ Serbo-Croatian: dudž"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowed:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δούξ",
            "3": "δούκα",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "leader",
            "pos2": "acc.sg."
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ancient Greek: δούξ (doúx, “leader”), δούκα (doúka, acc.sg.)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ancient Greek: δούξ (doúx, “leader”), δούκα (doúka, acc.sg.)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "δούξ",
            "3": "δούκα",
            "pos2": "acc.sg."
          },
          "expansion": "Byzantine Greek: δούξ (doúx), δούκα (doúka, acc.sg.)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Byzantine Greek: δούξ (doúx), δούκα (doúka, acc.sg.)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "δούκας",
            "gloss": "duke"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: δούκας (doúkas, “duke”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: δούκας (doúkas, “duke”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "duca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: duca\n→ Ottoman Turkish: دوقه (duka)\nTurkish: duka",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: duca\n→ Ottoman Turkish: دوقه (duka)\nTurkish: duka"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "duche",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: duche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: duche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "ducă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: ducă",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "duce",
            "der": "1",
            "id": "duke",
            "nolb": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? duce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: ducă ⇒? duce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "duca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: duca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: duca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "դուքս",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: դուքս (dukʻs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: դուքս (dukʻs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "դուքս"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: դուքս (dukʻs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: դուքս (dukʻs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "dux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: dux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: dux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "duce",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: duce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: duce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "duc",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: duc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: duc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "duc",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "duke"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: duc (“duke”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "duchesse",
            "der": "1",
            "g": "f",
            "nolb": "1",
            "t": "duchess"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ duchesse f (“duchess”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: duc (“duke”) ⇒ duchesse f (“duchess”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "dux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: dux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: dux"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dūcō",
        "3": "-s",
        "pos1": "verb",
        "pos2": "noun-forming suffix",
        "t1": "lead"
      },
      "expansion": "dūcō (“lead”, verb) + -s (noun-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dūcō (“lead”, verb) + -s (noun-forming suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ducis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dux",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dux",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dux<3>",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "dux m or f (genitive ducis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dux<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "archiducātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dūcō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 23 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 29 1 33 26",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Leaders",
          "orig": "la:Leaders",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.363-364",
          "text": "“… Portantur avārī / Pygmaliōnis opēs pelagō; dux fēmina factī.”\n“… The wealth of avaricious Pygmalion they carry across the sea, a woman the leader of the deed.”\n(Venus tells Aeneas about Dido. See: Pygmalion of Tyre.)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leader, head"
      ],
      "id": "en-dux-la-noun-Ze8Zrzi7",
      "links": [
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 23 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 29 1 33 26",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Leaders",
          "orig": "la:Leaders",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 59 0 41 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "la:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "commander, general, captain"
      ],
      "id": "en-dux-la-noun-IJZPn77e",
      "links": [
        [
          "commander",
          "commander"
        ],
        [
          "general",
          "general"
        ],
        [
          "captain",
          "captain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 23 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prince, ruler"
      ],
      "id": "en-dux-la-noun-4nr1Xb47",
      "links": [
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 4 3 56 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 23 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 8 7 48 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -s",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 29 1 33 26",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Leaders",
          "orig": "la:Leaders",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "guide, cicerone, conductor"
      ],
      "id": "en-dux-la-noun-NHmdPETN",
      "links": [
        [
          "guide",
          "guide"
        ],
        [
          "cicerone",
          "cicerone"
        ],
        [
          "conductor",
          "conductor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Medieval Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 16 23 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 14 13 18 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 29 1 33 26",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Leaders",
          "orig": "la:Leaders",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 19 1 18 61",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Nobility",
          "orig": "la:Nobility",
          "parents": [
            "High society",
            "People",
            "Society",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 30 0 30 40",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "la:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "duke"
      ],
      "id": "en-dux-la-noun-9oBEYPUJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "duke",
          "duke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) duke"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈduks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪ʊks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈduks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪uks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dux",
    "la:dux"
  ],
  "word": "dux"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin nouns with multiple genders",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk-",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -s",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "la:Leaders",
    "la:Military",
    "la:Nobility",
    "la:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Medieval"
      ],
      "word": "archidux"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Medieval"
      ],
      "word": "condux"
    },
    {
      "word": "ducātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "ēducō"
    },
    {
      "word": "trādux"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Inherited:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "dûs"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: dûs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: dûs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "dûxe",
            "3": "Dûxe"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: dûxe, Dûxe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: dûxe, Dûxe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "dus"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: dus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: dus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "doxe"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: doxe, Doxe, doze, Doze — non-traditional spelling\n→ Italian: doge\n→ Arabic: دوج (dōj)\n→ Czech: dóže\n→ English: doge\n→ Esperanto: doĝo\n→ Irish: dóg\n→ Finnish: doge\n→ French: doge\n→ German: Doge\n→ Ido: dojo\n→ Polish: doża\n→ Russian: дож (dož)\n→ Armenian: դոժ (dož)\n→ Azerbaijani: doj\n→ Georgian: დოჟი (doži)\n→ Kazakh: дож (doj)\n→ Ukrainian: дож (dož)\n→ Greek: δόγης (dógis)\n→ Hungarian: dózse\n→ Macedonian: дужд (dužd)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: دوژ (doj)\n→ Portuguese: doge\n→ Romanian: doge\n→ Serbo-Croatian: dudž",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: doxe, Doxe, doze, Doze — non-traditional spelling\n→ Italian: doge\n→ Arabic: دوج (dōj)\n→ Czech: dóže\n→ English: doge\n→ Esperanto: doĝo\n→ Irish: dóg\n→ Finnish: doge\n→ French: doge\n→ German: Doge\n→ Ido: dojo\n→ Polish: doża\n→ Russian: дож (dož)\n→ Armenian: դոժ (dož)\n→ Azerbaijani: doj\n→ Georgian: დოჟი (doži)\n→ Kazakh: дож (doj)\n→ Ukrainian: дож (dož)\n→ Greek: δόγης (dógis)\n→ Hungarian: dózse\n→ Macedonian: дужд (dužd)\n→ Ottoman Turkish: دوژ (doj)\n→ Portuguese: doge\n→ Romanian: doge\n→ Serbo-Croatian: dudž"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowed:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δούξ",
            "3": "δούκα",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "leader",
            "pos2": "acc.sg."
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ancient Greek: δούξ (doúx, “leader”), δούκα (doúka, acc.sg.)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ancient Greek: δούξ (doúx, “leader”), δούκα (doúka, acc.sg.)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gkm",
            "2": "δούξ",
            "3": "δούκα",
            "pos2": "acc.sg."
          },
          "expansion": "Byzantine Greek: δούξ (doúx), δούκα (doúka, acc.sg.)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Byzantine Greek: δούξ (doúx), δούκα (doúka, acc.sg.)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "δούκας",
            "gloss": "duke"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: δούκας (doúkas, “duke”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: δούκας (doúkas, “duke”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "duca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: duca\n→ Ottoman Turkish: دوقه (duka)\nTurkish: duka",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: duca\n→ Ottoman Turkish: دوقه (duka)\nTurkish: duka"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "duche",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Friulian: duche",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Friulian: duche"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "ducă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: ducă",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "duce",
            "der": "1",
            "id": "duke",
            "nolb": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? duce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: ducă ⇒? duce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "duca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: duca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: duca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "դուքս",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Armenian: դուքս (dukʻs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Armenian: դուքս (dukʻs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "դուքս"
          },
          "expansion": "Armenian: դուքս (dukʻs)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Armenian: դուքս (dukʻs)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "dux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: dux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: dux"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "duce",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: duce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: duce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "duc",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: duc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: duc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "duc",
            "bor": "1",
            "gloss": "duke"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: duc (“duke”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "duchesse",
            "der": "1",
            "g": "f",
            "nolb": "1",
            "t": "duchess"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ duchesse f (“duchess”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: duc (“duke”) ⇒ duchesse f (“duchess”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "dux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: dux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: dux"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dūcō",
        "3": "-s",
        "pos1": "verb",
        "pos2": "noun-forming suffix",
        "t1": "lead"
      },
      "expansion": "dūcō (“lead”, verb) + -s (noun-forming suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dūcō (“lead”, verb) + -s (noun-forming suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ducis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dux",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dux",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ducēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dux<3>",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "dux m or f (genitive ducis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dux<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "archiducātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "dūcō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.363-364",
          "text": "“… Portantur avārī / Pygmaliōnis opēs pelagō; dux fēmina factī.”\n“… The wealth of avaricious Pygmalion they carry across the sea, a woman the leader of the deed.”\n(Venus tells Aeneas about Dido. See: Pygmalion of Tyre.)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leader, head"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leader",
          "leader"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "commander, general, captain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commander",
          "commander"
        ],
        [
          "general",
          "general"
        ],
        [
          "captain",
          "captain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "prince, ruler"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prince",
          "prince"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "guide, cicerone, conductor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guide",
          "guide"
        ],
        [
          "cicerone",
          "cicerone"
        ],
        [
          "conductor",
          "conductor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Medieval Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "duke"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "duke",
          "duke"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Medieval Latin) duke"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin",
        "declension-3",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈduks/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪ʊks̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈduks/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈd̪uks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dux",
    "la:dux"
  ],
  "word": "dux"
}

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