caduceum

Latin

Alternative forms

cādūceus

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kaːˈduː.ke.um/, [käːˈd̪uːkeʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈdu.t͡ʃe.um/, [käˈd̪uːt͡ʃeum]

Noun

cādūceum n (genitive cādūceī); second declension

a herald's staff
the staff of Mercury as herald of the gods, the caduceus

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cādūceum	cādūcea
Genitive	cādūceī	cādūceōrum
Dative	cādūceō	cādūceīs
Accusative	cādūceum	cādūcea
Ablative	cādūceō	cādūceīs
Vocative	cādūceum	cādūcea

Derived terms

Descendants

French: caducée
- → Persian: کادوسه (kâduse)
- → Turkish: kadüse
Italian: caduceo
Portuguese: caduceu
Romanian: caduceu
Spanish: caduceo
→ Bulgarian: кадуцей (kaducej)
→ Russian: кадуце́й (kaducéj)

References

“caduceum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
caduceum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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