Δουκέτιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Presumably from Sicel. The name be derived from an Italic form of the shape *Douk-et-jos, which is itself probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (to lead).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Δουκέτῐος • (Doukétĭosm (genitive Δουκέτῐου); second declension

  1. Ducetius (name of an ancient leader amongst the Sicel people)
    • 80 BCE – 20 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Library 11:
      περὶ τῆς Δουκετίου ἥττης καὶ τῆς περὶ αὐτὸν παραδόξου σωτηρίας
      perì tês Douketíou hḗttēs kaì tês perì autòn paradóxou sōtērías
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

References

  • Δουκέτιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
  • Δουκέτιος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
  • Poccetti, Paolo (2012), “Language relations in Sicily: Evidence for the speech of the Σικανοί, the Σικελοί and others”, in Olga Tribulato, editor, Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 84
  • Zair, Nicholas (2016), Oscan in the Greek Alphabet, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 215