noun · neutersecond declension
cādūceum
cādūceum n (genitive cādūceī)
Classical[kaːˈduː.ke.ũː]Ecclesiastical[kaˈduː.t͡ʃe.um]
Meaning
- a herald's staff
- the staff of Mercury as herald of the gods, the caduceus
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cādūceum | cādūcea |
| genitive | cādūceī | cādūceōrum |
| dative | cādūceō | cādūceīs |
| accusative | cādūceum | cādūcea cādūceōs |
| ablative | cādūceō | cādūceīs |
| vocative | cādūceum cādūcee | cādūcea |
cādūcĕum, i, n. (sc. sceptrum or baculum), or cādūcĕus, i, m. (sc. scipio or baculus; which form was predominant in the class. per. is doubtful, since neither Cicero, Nepos, Livy, nor Pliny uses the word in the nom.) [kindr. with κηρύκειον, Æolic καρύκιον, —ῦ—, r changed to d, as ad = ar],
I. a herald's staff, the token of a peaceable embassy (orig. an olive- stick, with στέμματα, which afterwards were formed into serpents, O. Müll. Archaeol. § 379, 3): caduceus pacis signum, Var. de Vita Pop. Rom.lib. ii.; Non. p. 528, 17: caduceo ornatus, * Cic. de Or: 1, 46, 202; so,
cum caduceo, Nep. Hann. 11, 1; Liv. 44, 45, 1: caduceum praeferentes, id. 8, 20, 6; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 54.—Also the staff of Mercury, as messenger of the gods, Macr. S. 1, 19; Hyg. Astr. 2, 7; Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 242, and 8, 138; Petr. 29, 3; Suet. Calig. 52; App. M. 10, p. 253, 34: Mercuriale, id. ib. 11, p. 262, 4; cf. Dict. Antiq. s. v.; v. also caducifer.Origins
Descendants
- Frenchcaducée
- Italiancaduceo
- Portuguesecaduceu
- Romaniancaduceu
- Spanishcaduceo
- Persianکادوسهfrom French caducée
- Turkishkadüsefrom French caducée
- Bulgarianкадуцей
- Russianкадуце́й
In English words that came into English from cādūceum
- caduceuscādūceus