An ancient Greek title or official position, related to the dadoukhos or torch-bearer role in religious ceremonies.
Variant or related form of 'dadoukhos,' from Greek roots meaning 'torch-bearer,' with '-us' being a Latinized ending applied to Greek words when transliterated into English or Latin texts.
The history of Greek official titles in English shows how classical scholars and translators had to choose between Greek and Latin forms—'daduchus' is the more Latinized version, while 'dadoukhos' preserves the Greek form, and both appear in historical texts.
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