archidux
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Latin
Etymology
archi- (“arch-, highest”) + dux (“duke”). First attested in the 10th century in reference to Bruno the Great, who ruled simultaneously as an archbishop and a duke, but only current after revival by Rudolf IV of Austria in a forged document, the Privilegium Maius (1358–1359), to justify claims of precedence over other princes of the Holy Roman Empire.
Pronunciation
Noun
archidux m (genitive archiducis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) archduke, chief duke or prince
- 1358–1359, Rudolf IV of Austria (spuriously attributed to Frederick I Barbarossa), Privilegium Maius:
- Si quisbusvis curiis publicis imperii dux Austrie praesens fuerit, unus de palatinis archiducibus est censendus, et nichilominus in consessu et incessu ad latus dextrum imperii post electores principes obtineat primum locum.
- If the duke of Austria should be present in whatsoever public courts of the empire, he is to be reckoned as one of the palatine archdukes, and in any case in assembly and procession to the right side of the empire he is to occupy the first place after the prince-electors.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | archidux | archiducēs |
| genitive | archiducis | archiducum |
| dative | archiducī | archiducibus |
| accusative | archiducem | archiducēs |
| ablative | archiduce | archiducibus |
| vocative | archidux | archiducēs |
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References
- "archidux", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- archidux in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “archidux”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill
- archidux in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016