caduce

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈdjuːs/ Hyphenation: ca‧duce Rhymes: -uːs === Etymology 1 === From Middle French caduc, from Latin cadūcus (“falling; transitory”). ==== Adjective ==== caduce (comparative more caduce, superlative most caduce) (obsolete) caducous. === Etymology 2 === From Latin cādūceus, cādūceum. ==== Noun ==== caduce (plural caduces) (obsolete) caduceus. === Further reading === “caduce, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “caduce, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == Latin == === Adjective === cadūce vocative masculine singular of cadūcus