caduceum
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Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaːˈduː.ke.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈdu.t͡ʃe.um/,
Noun
cādūceum n (genitive cādūceī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cādūceum | cādūcea |
| Genitive | cādūceī | cādūceōrum |
| Dative | cādūceō | cādūceīs |
| Accusative | cādūceum | cādūcea |
| Ablative | cādūceō | cādūceīs |
| Vocative | cādūceum | cādūcea |
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: caducée
- 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.