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# caduceus

«caduceus» in Mova's school dictionary: **A staff with two snakes twined around it and wings at the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (caduceus, plural caducei)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caduceus/#m1)

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «caduceus» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caduceus/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.