ducissa

• duchissa

From dux + -issa.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dʊˈkɪs.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [duˈt͡ʃis.sa]

ducissa f (genitive ducissae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a duchess, the wife of a duke

   Coordinate term: dux

   • [1883–1887, Carolus Du Fresne dominus Du Cange, D. P. Carpenterius, [J. C.] Adelung(ius), G. A. L. Henschel, Léopold Favre, Glossarium mediæ et infimæ latinitatis. Editio nova, volume 3, Niort: L. Favre, imprimeur-éditeur, page 202a [i.e. page 202, first of three columns]:

     DUCISSA, Ducis uxor, apud Rymerum tom. 5. pag. 616. col. 1. Ludewig. Reliq. MS. tom. 5. pag. 501. etc.

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First-declension noun.

• "ducissa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)