duce
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian duce. Doublet of duke.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editduce (usually uncountable, plural duci)
- (fascism) an authoritarian leader, especially Benito Mussolini
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Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin dux, ducis (“leader”). Compare the likewise borrowed doublets duca and doge.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editduce m (plural duci)
- (archaic or literary) captain, leader, helm
- Synonyms: capitano, capo, condottiero
- (by extension, after the Fascist era) an authoritarian leader
- Synonyms: autocrate, despota, dittatore, oppressore, tiranno
Derived terms
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editLatin
editVerb
editdūce
- Alternative form of dūc (“lead!, guide!”), second-person singular present active imperative of dūcō.
Usage notes
editWhile common in Plautus, dūc is the far more common variant in the classical period.
Noun
editduce
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom the original meaning of "diver," from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan (“to duck, dive”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdū̆ce f
Declension
editDescendants
editRomanian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Latin dūcere,[1] present active infinitive of dūcō, from Proto-Italic *doukō, from Proto-Indo-European *déwketi, from the root *dewk-.
Verb
edita duce (third-person singular present duce, past participle dus) 3rd conj.
- (transitive) to carry, lead, take
- Trebuie să fie duși copiii la școală.
- The children must be taken to school.
- (intransitive) to lead, to go
- Drumul ăsta duce la casa mea.
- This road leads to my house.
- (reflexive) to go
- Mă duc acasă. ― I’m going home.
- (reflexive, figuratively) to die
- (transitive or intransitive; mildly informal) to withstand, handle, weather, deal with
- O să-ți dau de lucru de să nu poți duce.
- I’ll give you so much to do that you won’t be able to take it.
Usage notes
editThe negative imperative is known to always be identical to the infinitive. However, like many of the verbs with a short imperative, duce often does not follow this rule in colloquial usage, keeping the same form as the imperative: Nu (te) duce (prescribed); nu (te) du (common in practice).[2]
The same applies to the derived verbs.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | a duce | ||||||
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gerund | ducând | ||||||
past participle | dus | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | duc | duci | duce | ducem | duceți | duc | |
imperfect | duceam | duceai | ducea | duceam | duceați | duceau | |
simple perfect | dusei | duseși | duse | duserăm | duserăți | duseră | |
pluperfect | dusesem | duseseși | dusese | duseserăm | duseserăți | duseseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să duc | să duci | să ducă | să ducem | să duceți | să ducă | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | du | duceți | |||||
negative | nu duce | nu duceți |
Derived terms
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editSee also
editEtymology 2
editModified, to be adapted to the Latin, from the older form ducă, itself from Italian duca, and partly through Byzantine Greek δούκα (doúka), ultimately from Latin dux, ducis.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editduce m (plural duci)
Declension
editReferences
edit- ^ duce in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
- ^ Gramatica limbii române [Grammar of the Romanian language], volume 1, Bucharest: Romanian Academy, 2005, →ISBN, page 380
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