caduceo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caduceus, caducei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
herald's staff carried as token of peace/truce; wand of Mercury;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →caduceum, caducei:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
herald's staff carried as token of peace/truce; wand of Mercury;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
- C
Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...loco Eumenes esset, tabellarium in scapha cum caduceo mittit. Qui ubi ad naves adversariorum pervenit epistulamque ostendens..." - T
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quam pugnatum erat, Amphipolim uenit. inde oratores cum caduceo ad Paulum misit. interim Hippias et Midon et Pantauchus..."