daduchus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek δαδοῦχος (dadoûkhos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dādūchus m (genitive dādūchī); second declension

  1. torch-bearer (priest of Eleusis)

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dādūchus dādūchī
genitive dādūchī dādūchōrum
dative dādūchō dādūchīs
accusative dādūchum dādūchōs
ablative dādūchō dādūchīs
vocative dādūche dādūchī

References

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  • daduchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • daduchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • daduchus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • daduchus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin