caduceusn.

/kəˈdjuːsiːəs/

Forms: Plural caducei /-siːaɪ/.

Etymology: < Latin cādūcēus (also cādūcēum), < Doric Greek κᾱρύκειον, καρύκιον (Attic κηρύκειον), a herald's wand, < κῆρυξ herald.

The wand carried by an ancient Greek or Roman herald. spec. The fabled wand carried by Hermes or Mercury as the messenger of the gods; usually represented with two serpents twined round it. (This is the earliest and proper sense in English.)

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the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Hermes or Mercury > wand of

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serpent-wand1849

society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > staff or rod > carried by ancient Greek or Roman herald

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Mercury rod1625

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1292 He tooke Caduceus his snakie wand, With which the damned ghosts he gouerneth.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 12 Mercury, loose all the Serpentine craft of thy Caduceus .

1668 London Gaz. No. 243/2 The Heralds in their Coats of Armes, and Caducei in their hands.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Caduceus, is also a name given to a kind of staff covered with velvet, and decorated with flower de luces, which the French heralds of arms bear in their hands on solemn occasions.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xii. 410 Hermes..caduceus in hand.

figurative.1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. ix. iii. 154 The long process of vigil..which, with the caduceus of asceticism..lulls to slumber the Argus-eyed monster of the flesh.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	caduceus
释义	caduceusn. /kəˈdjuːsiːəs/ Forms: Plural caducei /-siːaɪ/. Etymology: < Latin cādūcēus (also cādūcēum), < Doric Greek κᾱρύκειον, καρύκιον (Attic κηρύκειον), a herald's wand, < κῆρυξ herald. The wand carried by an ancient Greek or Roman herald. spec. The fabled wand carried by Hermes or Mercury as the messenger of the gods; usually represented with two serpents twined round it. (This is the earliest and proper sense in English.) ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Hermes or Mercury > wand of wandc1407 caduceus1591 serpent-wand1849 society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > [noun] > staff or rod > carried by ancient Greek or Roman herald caduceus1591 caduce1604 Mercury rod1625 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1292 He tooke Caduceus his snakie wand, With which the damned ghosts he gouerneth. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 12 Mercury, loose all the Serpentine craft of thy Caduceus . View more context for this quotation 1668 London Gaz. No. 243/2 The Heralds in their Coats of Armes, and Caducei in their hands. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Caduceus, is also a name given to a kind of staff covered with velvet, and decorated with flower de luces, which the French heralds of arms bear in their hands on solemn occasions. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xii. 410 Hermes..caduceus in hand. figurative.1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. ix. iii. 154 The long process of vigil..which, with the caduceus of asceticism..lulls to slumber the Argus-eyed monster of the flesh. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1591
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