noun

dādūchus

gen. dādūchi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

Gr. δᾳδοῦχος

the torch - bearer.—Plur; the priests of Ceres; at Eleusis, who guided the initiated with torches to the temple on the fifth day of the Mysteries

the torch - bearer.—Plur.: dādūchi, the priests of Ceres (Demeter) at Eleusis, who guided the initiated with torches to the temple on the fifth day of the Mysteries, Front. Ep. ad Verr. 1; Fabrett. Inscr. 676, no. 29.

Perseus ID: n12259 Key: daduchus