μαλακίζομαι πρὸς τὸν θάνατον → meet death like a weakling
cērȳcĭum: or cērȳcēum, ii, n., = κηρύκιον> or κηρύκειον>, a pure Greek form for caduceus,I the herald's staff, Dig. 1, 8, 8; Mart. Cap. 4, § 331.