- caduceus

CADUCEUS, or MERCURY’S Mace, or WAND ; termed sometimes Snaky-staff, and Mercury’s Soporiferous rod. The emblem of peace, depicted as P. 30, f. 56.

                It is frequently borne with a cap (called the Petasus P. 38, f. 4.) on the top of the staff. (ELVN)

Caduceus, (fr. caducée):

рус.кадуцей, жезл Меркурия

фр. caducée англ. caduceus, rod of Mercury

Жезл, с крыльями и двумя змеями вокру него. Использовался преимущественно как нашлемник.

«Per saltire or and erminois, on a saltire azure between a caduceus in chief and a pine-apple in base proper, two swords in saltire argent, pomels and hilts gold» – BARROW, Bath.

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caducée - caduceus; winged staff; Staff of Mercury. In Fr. heraldry it is us. associated with medicine, and is depicted as a staff with wings attached and two snakes entwined about it. [FRENCHGLOSSAR]