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 →

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 →
• Its two snakes curled round the staff. tree →
• Heralds carried it to show they came in peace. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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