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“leader” in Latin
duxleader, head; commander, general, captain; prince, rulerauctorseller, vendor; author, originator; sponsor, advocateprī̆ncepsfirst, foremost; chief, distinguishedimperōto command, give orders to, impose, demand; to rule, governpraetorleader, head, chief, president; praetor (office)doctorteacher, instructor; catechist, Doctor of the Churchmagistermaster, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor; teacher, instructor, educator of childcaputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; hsignifersign-bearing, image-bearing,; bearing the heavenly signs or constellations, starryfaxtorch, firebrand; fireball, comet; cause of ruin, incitement
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
leader
dux (general term): auctor, princeps (that lakes the lead in anything): qui praeest alicui rei (a president): dux belli, imperator, praetor (a leader in war): praetor (of generals who were not Romans, especially of Greeks; e.g., στρατηγός); doctor, magister, auctor (alicujus rei, instructor, teacher): caput, signifer, fax (head of a party, leader of a conspiracy, etc.): the leader in a civil war (who gave the signal for rising), tuba belli civilis (Cic., ad Div., 6, 12, 3).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for leader?
- The usual Latin words for “leader” are dux, auctor, prī̆nceps; also imperō, praetor, doctor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.