dādūchus, i, m., Gr. δᾳδοῦχος,
the torch - bearer.—Plur. : dādūchi , the priests of Ceres (Demeter) at Eleusis, who guided the initiated with torches to the temple on the fifth day of the Mysteries , Front. Ep. ad Verr. 1; Fabrett. Inscr. 676, no. 29.