caduceum

Latin

Alternative forms

cādūceus

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaːˈduː.ke.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈd̪uː.t͡ʃe.um]

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).

	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.