caduceum

Latin

Alternative forms

• cādūceus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaːˈduː.ke.um/, [käːˈd̪uːkeʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈdu.t͡ʃe.um/, [käˈd̪uːt͡ʃeum]

Noun

cādūceum n (genitive cādūceī); second declension

1. a herald's staff
2. 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

• cādūceātor
• cādūcifer

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.