caduceus

Significado (Inglés)

1. The official wand carried by a herald in ancient Greece and Rome, specifically the one carried in mythology by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, usually represented with two snakes twined around it.
2. A symbol (☤) representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers. It is also sometimes incorrectly substituted for the rod of Asclepius as a symbol of medicine.

Conceptos

caduceo

Traducciones

caducée

caduceo

Hermesstab

caduceu

Merkurstab

κηρύκειο

caduceus

mercuriusstaf

vincastro

Caduceus

caduceu

Heroldstab

Äskulapstab

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kəˈdu.si.əs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Via Latin cādūceus, cādūceum, adaptation of Doric Ancient Greek καρύκειον (karúkeion, “herald’s wand or staff”). This and Attic Greek κηρύκειον (kērúkeion) are derived from κῆρυξ (kêrux, “herald, public messenger”). Related to κηρύσσω (kērússō, “I announce”).