caduceum

Latin

Alternative forms

• caduceus

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).

	singular	plural
nominative	cādūceum	cādūcea
genitive	cādūceī	cādūceōrum
dative	cādūceō	cādūceīs
accusative	cādūceum	cādūcea
ablative	cādūceō	cādūceīs
vocative	cādūceum	cādūcea

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.