caduceum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cādūceus === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaːˈduː.ke.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈduː.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). ==== 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.