δούξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ðuks/ → /ðuks/

• (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)

1. (Koine) military leader, leader
2. (Medieval Greek (Byzantine)) leader, duke

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ δούξ; τοῦ δουκός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δούξ ho doúx	τὼ δοῦκε tṑ doûke	οἱ δοῦκες hoi doûkes
Genitive	τοῦ δουκός toû doukós	τοῖν δουκοῖν toîn doukoîn	τῶν δουκῶν tôn doukôn
Dative	τῷ δουκῐ́ tôi doukí	τοῖν δουκοῖν toîn doukoîn	τοῖς δουξῐ́ / δουξῐ́ν toîs douxí(n)
Accusative	τὸν δοῦκᾰ tòn doûka	τὼ δοῦκε tṑ doûke	τοὺς δοῦκᾰς toùs doûkas
Vocative	δούξ doúx	δοῦκε doûke	δοῦκες doûkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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