Associations to the word «Dux»

Wiktionary

DUX, noun. (UK) (Australia) The top academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
DUX, noun. (historical) A high-ranking commander in the Roman army, responsible for more than one legion.
DUX, noun. (music) The subject of a fugue, answered by the comes.
DUX BELLORUM, noun. A war leader or warlord

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky