A dictionary of Greek and Roman . r and contrivance mayhave borne this title. (Plat. Leg. xi. p. 936, e.)With respect to the court into which these causes 218 CADUS. CAELATURA. were brought, and the advantages obtained by thesuccessful party, we have no information. (Meier,Att. Proc. pp. 45, 386.) [J. S. M. CADAVER. [Funus.] CADISCI (KaSlCTKOl). [Psephus.]CADUCEUS (uripuKeiov, KrjpvKLov, ; K-npvKhioi, Herod, ix. 100) was the staff ormace carried by heralds and ambassadors in timeof war. (Pollux, viii. 138.) This name is alsogiven to the staff with which Hermes or Mercu
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . r and contrivance mayhave borne this title. (Plat. Leg. xi. p. 936, e.)With respect to the court into which these causes 218 CADUS. CAELATURA. were brought, and the advantages obtained by thesuccessful party, we have no information. (Meier,Att. Proc. pp. 45, 386.) [J. S. M. CADAVER. [Funus.] CADISCI (KaSlCTKOl). [Psephus.]CADUCEUS (uripuKeiov, KrjpvKLov, ; K-npvKhioi, Herod, ix. 100) was the staff ormace carried by heralds and ambassadors in timeof war. (Pollux, viii. 138.) This name is alsogiven to the staff with which Hermes or Mercu^is usually represented, as is shown in the followingfigure of Hermes, taken from an ancient vase,which is given in Millins Peintures de Vases An-tiques, vol. i. pi. 70. The caduceus was originally only an olive branchwith the (Tre/jL/xara which were afterward formedinto snakes. (Muller, Arckdologie der Kunst. ) Later mythologists invented tales about. these snakes. H^yginus tells us that Mercury oncefound two snakes fighting, and divided them withhis wand ; from which circumstance they wereused as an emblem of peace. (Compare Plin. H. 3.) From caduceus was formed the word Caduceator-which signified a person sent to treat of peace. ( 32 ; Nep. Hannib. 11 ; Amm. Marc. xx. 7 ;Gell. x. 27.) The persons of the Caduceatoreswere considered sacred. (Cato, ap. Fest. s. v. ; Orat. ii. 46.) The Caduceus was not used bythe Romans. They used instead verbena andsagmina, which were carried by the Fetiales. ( tit. 8. s. 8.) [Fetiales.] CADUCUM. [Bona Caduca.] CADUS (kolSos, kolBBos), a large vessel usuallymade of earthen-ware, which was used for severalpurposes among the ancients. Wine was fre-quently kept in it; and we learn from an authorquoted by Pollux that the amphora was also calledcadus (Pollux, x. 70, 71 ; Suidas, s. v. KdSos).The vessel used in drawing water from wells wascalled cadus (Aristoph. Eccles. 1003
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