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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=130–100 BC, Coelius Antipater|origins=ine-pro *dewk-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdʊk.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈduk.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ductor''' ''m'' (genitive ductōris); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dūcō|-tor|t1=to lead]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Unlike the other words in ⟨duct-⟩, which are formed from the participle ⟨ductus⟩, it is made directly on the verb.^(de Vaan 2008) The verb [[m|la|dūcō]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*doukō]] and [[ine-pro|*dewk-|t=to draw, pull]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[got|𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽|tr=tiuhan|t=to draw]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is the historian Coelius Antipater.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a military commander or leader, as in Cicero's “not only our commanders but whole armies”;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is a favourite word of Virgil, who uses it more than twenty times.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Virgil also uses it of the captain of a ship, Statius of a horse's rider, and Apuleius of a drover.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In medieval texts it is a waggoner, a man who provides an escort for travellers, a duke or a prince.^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin glosses it “leader, commander”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 130–100 BC – Coelius Antipater.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of commanders.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of commanders and of ships' captains.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius of a rider.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – Of a waggoner, a duke or a prince.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A military [[m|en|commander]], [[m|en|leader]]; the captain of a ship.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A rider; a [[m|en|drover]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|waggoner]]; an escort; a [[m|en|duke]], a prince.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[armiductor]]

+ * [[ductrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dūcō]]

+ * [[ductus]]

+ * [[dux]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}