duce

duce is a Latin form of duco, meaning “lead; consider”.

It can also be a form of dux, “leader, general”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun or 2nd person singular present active imperative.

Found 492 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.23.4: … in dextro cornu legio XII. et non magno ab ea intervallo VII. constitisset, omnes Nervii confertissimo agmine duce Boduognato, qui summam imperii tenebat, ad eum locum contenderunt; quorum pars ab aperto latere legiones circ …

Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.22.6.55: Duce igitur Scipione in ipsam Africam tota mole conversus imitari coepit Annibalem et Italiae suae clades in Africa vindicare.

All forms of duco (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.