Iris=, the messenger of the gods, is usually distinguished from Nike by hercaduceus or herald’s staff, and from Hebe by her wings.
He probably devised, and certainly presented, the silver caduceus now in the possession of Caius College as part of its insignia; he first gave it to the College of Physicians, and afterwards presented the London College with another.
The caduceus of Hermes, which was given him by Apollo in exchange for the lyre, was a magic wand which exercised influence over the living and the dead, bestowed wealth and prosperity and turned everything it touched into gold.
The caduceus itself was not used by the Romans, but the derivative caduceator occurs in the sense of a peace commissioner.
In historical times the caduceus was the attribute of Hermes as the god of commerce and peace, and among the Greeks it was the distinctive mark of heralds and ambassadors, whose persons it rendered inviolable.
Maybe I'm Doctor Forth," I said, noticing for the first time that I was also wearing a white coat with the caduceus emblem of Medical.
He was wearing a white uniform coat, and the intertwined caduceus on the pocket and on the sleeve proclaimed him a member of the Medical Service attached to the Civilian HQ of the Terran Trade City.
Forth was standing between us in the tree-road, with the caduceus emblem on his coat stretched like a red staff between us.
Like Forth, the newcomer wore a white coat with the caduceus emblems.
The earliest plumed fans probably consisted of a pair of complete wings set shoulder to shoulder, resembling the caduceus of Mercury, which was regarded as a symbol of happiness, peace, and concord, the wings expressing diligence.
The fans of the priests of Isis, when Isis was a Grecian divinity, were formed of the wings of a bird, attached to the end of a long wand, and thus made to resemble the caduceus of Mercury.
Chief Scout Surgeon: The badge of the Chief Scout Surgeon is the first-class scout badge with a caduceus above it embroidered in green.
She carries the caduceus in her hand, two serpents twining about a staff.
It is in fact the healing caduceus as well as the baneful thunder-weapon.
It is possible that later transcribers, to whom the origin of this abbreviation was not known, may have endeavoured to give it a greater resemblance to the caduceus of Mercury.
The priest waved his caduceus furiously, so that it seemed as if the twin snakes twined round it were moving, the two wings above them beating, and the ball surmounting all, on top of the staff, traced uneasy designs in the air.
Yes," the priest said, waving his caduceus gently.
Universal Seed represented under the figure of the Caduceus of Hermes, 775-u.
Caduceus of Hermes represents the Universal Seed, kept a secret, 775-u.
Caduceus was a winged wand entwined by two serpents, 502-l.
The cherub on the dexter side is seated, and holds a caduceus in his right hand.
She is especially the messenger of Zeus and Hera, and is associated with Hermes, whose caduceus or staff she often holds.
Thus he is seen with the Caduceus or the winged wand entwined by two serpents, or, sometimes with serpents' bodies wound around his own; but rarely ever without some serpent emblem.
Moreover the Caduceus is identical with the simple figure of the Cross by which its inventor, Thoth, is said to have symbolized the four elements proceeding from a common center.
The caduceus served Mercury as a herald's staff, and this name was sometimes applied to the white wand or rod that in time of war was regarded as a signal for peace.
The best known is, perhaps, one by John of Bologna, showing him as Caduceator, or the messenger, under which guise Mercury carries the caduceusand points with his right hand to heaven.
The rod is really the caduceus of Mercury that has so many significances.
Another device showed the staff wound with ropes tied after a peculiar fashion, and when so depicted the caduceus represented commerce and merchants, since the rope tied after a certain fashion was the token of the Phoenician traders.
It was also called "the chariot of Mercury," in the sense that he was the messenger of Mars when war was to be proclaimed, or when his caduceus was used as a flag of truce.
Signs over the doors of tradesmen carry out the same plan, as the barber's basin or pole (the latter being really the caduceus of Mercury, that was inherited from the doctors who studied at the Temple of Thoth).
This is the caduceus of Mercury, around which originally were wound the two heraldic snakes, which have now degenerated into two strips or ribbons.
To describe the caduceus is to describe the love mechanism of ophidians.
I don't know whether anyone has ever remarked that the caduceus of Mercury represents two serpents coupled.
In the pictures now sent the snakes will be seen represented in congress in the well-known form of the Caduceus Esculapian rod.
Kirchen says that the Caduceus was originally expressed by the simple figure of a cross, by which its inventor, Thoth, is said to have symbolized the four elements proceeding from a common centre.
Variously represented in the main, the Caduceus always preserved the original design of a winged wand entwined by two serpents.
As messenger of the gods he wears the Petasus and Talaria, and bears in his hand the Caduceus or herald's staff.
Early Keltic and other pastoral staves end in two Dragons' heads, recalling the caduceus of Mercury and rod of Moses; the Dragon was a Keltic military or tribal ensign.
The caduceus represents the gift of language; for when men quarrel and are angry, if they use this wand and talk with each other, their differences will soon disappear and they will become friends.
You will recognize the statues of Mercury by his caduceus and by his winged cap and sandals.
Some examples seem to indicate a transition from the sacred tree surmounted by the solar disk, to the form of the caduceus of the Hittites.
All those of André were variations of one type, namely, two hands holding a caduceus between two horns of plenty surmounted by Pegasus.
A pretty design, with the caduceus of Mercury introduced in the ornamentation.
The sides of the frame are embellished with the caduceus and a cornucopia of fruit.
The caduceus pointed out the works of eloquence, and the wand of Æsculapius was a signal of good medicine.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "caduceus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: baton; crook; crosier; fasces; mace; mantle; portfolio; rod; scepter; staff; wand
