ducatus

Latin

Etymology

From dux.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /duˈkaː.tus/, [dʊˈkaː.tʊs]

Noun

ducātus m (genitive ducātūs); fourth declension

  1. (post-Augustinian) leadership, command
  2. (Medieval Latin) guidance
  3. (Medieval Latin) authority
  4. (New Latin) duchy
    • 1873, Ágoston Roskovány, Romanus Pontifex tamquam primas ecclesiae et princeps civilis e monumentis, page 43:
      […] ut ordinem electionis quo ad hanc commissionem assumpti, sequamur,- sunt: Hispania Gallia, Hibernia, Hungaria, Turcia, Sicilia, Polonia, Ducatus Mutinensis, Brasilia, Bavaria, Belgium, Status uniti Americae septemtrionalis, Tyrolis austriaca, Chili, Anglia, Venetiae, Roma, Indiae orientales, Borussia et California.

Declension

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ducātus ducātūs
Genitive ducātūs ducātuum
Dative ducātuī ducātibus
Accusative ducātum ducātūs
Ablative ducātū ducātibus
Vocative ducātus ducātūs

Descendants

References
  • ducatus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ducatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • ducatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • ducatus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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