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# caduceus

noun (caduceus, plural caducei)

«caduceus» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A staff with two snakes twined around it and wings at the top, carried by the messenger of the gods in old Greek stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caduceus/#m1)

### In the lessons

in myths, the sign of a messenger or herald; «the herald's staff» is another name for it

### Examples

- The messenger of the gods carried a caduceus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caduceus/#x1)
- Its two snakes curled round the staff. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caduceus/#x2)
- Heralds carried it to show they came in peace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caduceus/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «caduceus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caduceus/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«caduceus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/caduceus.html) on Mova free.