δᾴδουχος

A. torch-bearer, App. BC 2.17: but usu. of the holder of a hereditary office at the mysteries of the Eleusinian Demeter, X. HG 6.3.3, Arist. Rh. 1405a20, IG 12.76.25, SIG 2587.305; δ. Κόρης IG 3.172.9.

2. metaph., δᾳδοῦχοι τῆς σοφίας Plu. 2.10e.

3. of the Sun, Cleanth.Stoic. 1.123.

II. torch-stand, candelabrum, CIG 4647 (Bostra): also in Lacon. form δᾳδῶχορ, Hsch.