caduceum

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kaːˈduː.ke.um/, [kaːˈduː.ke.ũ]

Noun

cādūceum n (genitive cādūceī); second declension

  1. a herald's staff
  2. the staff of Mercury as herald of the gods, the caduceus

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cādūceum cādūcea
Genitive cādūceī cādūceōrum
Dative cādūceō cādūceīs
Accusative cādūceum cādūcea
Ablative cādūceō cādūceīs
Vocative cādūceum cādūcea

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
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