A plural or inflected form of 'dux' (Latin for leader), used in formal, academic, or classical contexts to refer to multiple leaders or commanders.
Latin nominative plural of 'dux' (leader), preserved in formal English when discussing classical Roman military structures or medieval governance systems.
Duci appears almost exclusively in academic Latin prose—it's a ghost from the Roman Empire hiding inside English scholarly texts, showing how universities keep Latin alive in specialized vocabulary!
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