caduceum: Difference between revisions
τὸν αὐτὸν ἔρανον ἀποδοῦναι → pay him back in his own coin, repay him in his own coin, pay someone back in their own coin, pay back in someone's own coin, give tit for tat, pay back in kind
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|georg=cādūceum, ī, n. = [[κηρύκειον]], [[κηρύκιον]], der [[Heroldsstab]], Gell. 10, 27, 5. Apul. [[met]]. 10, 3. Macr. [[sat]]. 1, 19, 16. Serv. Verg. Aen. 4, 242; vgl. [[Caper]] de verb. dub. p. 108, 12 K. | |georg=cādūceum, ī, n. = [[κηρύκειον]], [[κηρύκιον]], der [[Heroldsstab]], Gell. 10, 27, 5. Apul. [[met]]. 10, 3. Macr. [[sat]]. 1, 19, 16. Serv. Verg. Aen. 4, 242; vgl. [[Caper]] de verb. dub. p. 108, 12 K. | ||
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Revision as of 20:05, 27 February 2019
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cādūcĕum: i, n. (sc. sceptrum or baculum), or cādūcĕus, i, m. (sc. scipio or baculus; which form was predominant in the class. per. is doubtful, since neither Cicero, Nepos, Livy, nor Pliny uses the word in the nom.) [kindr. with κηρύκειον, Æolic καρύκιον, —ῦ>—, r changed to d, as ad = ar],
I a herald's staff, the token of a peaceable embassy (orig. an olive- stick, with στέμματα, which afterwards were formed into serpents, O. Müll. Archaeol. § 379, 3): caduceus pacis signum, Var. de Vita Pop. Rom.lib. ii.; Non. p. 528, 17: caduceo ornatus, * Cic. de Or: 1, 46, 202; so, cum caduceo, Nep. Hann. 11, 1; Liv. 44, 45, 1: caduceum praeferentes, id. 8, 20, 6; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 54.—Also the staff of Mercury, as messenger of the gods, Macr. S. 1, 19; Hyg. Astr. 2, 7; Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 242, and 8, 138; Petr. 29, 3; Suet. Calig. 52; App. M. 10, p. 253, 34: Mercuriale, id. ib. 11, p. 262, 4; cf. Dict. Antiq. s. v.; v. also caducifer.
Latin > German (Georges)
cādūceum, ī, n. = κηρύκειον, κηρύκιον, der Heroldsstab, Gell. 10, 27, 5. Apul. met. 10, 3. Macr. sat. 1, 19, 16. Serv. Verg. Aen. 4, 242; vgl. Caper de verb. dub. p. 108, 12 K.
Latin > English
caduceum caducei N N :: herald's staff carried as token of peace/truce; wand of Mercury