δούξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Hellenistic Koine term borrowed from Latin dux (“leader”).

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðuks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðuks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðuks/

Noun

δούξ • (doúx) m (genitive δουκός); third declension (Koine, Byzantine)

(Koine) military leader, leader
(Medieval Greek (Byzantine)) leader, duke

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

Greek: δούκας (doúkas)
→ Armenian: դուքս (dukʿs)
→ Coptic: ⲇⲟⲩⲝ (douks)
→ Italian: duca
- → Ottoman Turkish: دوقه‎ (duka)
  - Turkish: duka

Further reading

“δούξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
δούξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
δούξ in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

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