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1 cādūceus
cādūceus ī, m, κηρύκειον, a herald's staff (orig. an olive branch), the token of a peaceful embassy: caduceo ornatus: oratores cum caduceo mittere, L.: caduceum praeferentes, L.* * *herald's staff carried as token of peace/truce; wand of Mercury -
2 caduceus
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 kêrukeion, Æolic karukion, —u—, r changed to d, as ad = ar], a herald ' s staff, the token of a peaceable embassy (orig. an olive- stick, with stemmata, 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. -
3 cādūceātor
cādūceātor ōris, m [caduceus], a bearer of a caduceus, herald, messenger of truce, L., Cu.* * *herald bearing a staff (caduceus) sent by non-Roman generals; priest's servant -
4 caduceum
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 kêrukeion, Æolic karukion, —u—, r changed to d, as ad = ar], a herald ' s staff, the token of a peaceable embassy (orig. an olive- stick, with stemmata, 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. -
5 cādūcifer
cādūcifer ī, adj. m [caduceus + 1 FER-], bearing a herald's staff: Atlantiades, Mercury, O.—As subst, Mercury, O.* * *caducifera, caduciferum ADJstaff-bearer, i.e. Mercury -
6 caduceatus
caduceata, caduceatum ADJhaving/bearing heralds wand/staff (caduceus) -
7 ceryceum
herald's staff, caduceus -
8 cerycium
herald's staff, caduceus -
9 caduceatus
cādūcĕātus, a, um, adj. [caduceus], having or bearing the herald ' s wand, Inscr. Grut. 927, 6. -
10 ceryceum
cērycĭum or cērycēum, ii, n., = kêrukion or kêrukeion, a pure Greek form for caduceus, the herald ' s staff, Dig. 1, 8, 8; Mart. Cap. 4, § 331. -
11 cerycium
cērycĭum or cērycēum, ii, n., = kêrukion or kêrukeion, a pure Greek form for caduceus, the herald ' s staff, Dig. 1, 8, 8; Mart. Cap. 4, § 331.
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