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Definition of Caducean
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a caduceus.
Definition of Caducean
1. a. Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.
Definition of Caducean
1. Adjective. Of or relating to Mercury's caduceus, or wand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caducean
1. caduceus [adj] - See also: caduceus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caducean
Literary usage of Caducean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1857)
"To this doctrine in great measure * Cf. Suggestive Inquiry, pp. 286. 801—4.
816—18. 826. 882. 388. 352. 861—2. 880. See also “Mercury's caducean Rod, ..."
2. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society by Hakluyt Society (1899)
"... in one hand and caducean in the other" (p. 485); and if his demands were not
complied with to his satisfaction, he intended to seize the native shipping ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1866)
"The winded caducean answered, ' Sire of Gods, And keeps him safely caged. " '
Since then these mortals, fearing Death Death has not rid the earth of ..."
4. The Progresses, Processions, and Magnificent Festivities, of King James the by John Nichols (1828)
"... he charmed him with the caducean wand of dialectical prudence; he ordered him
to give just weight and no more (Horat. 1. ..."
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