caduceos
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;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...loco Eumenes esset, tabellarium in scapha cum caduceo mittit. Qui ubi ad naves adversariorum pervenit epistulamque ostendens..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quam pugnatum erat, Amphipolim uenit. inde oratores cum caduceo ad Paulum misit. interim Hippias et Midon et Pantauchus..."
