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put upon the two ferpents round it. Some fuppofe them 
to be a fymbol of Jupiter’s amours with Rhea, when thefe 
two deities transformed themfelves into fnakes. Otliei^ 
fay, that it originates from Mercury’s having appeafed 
the fury of two ferpents that were fighting, by touching 
them with his rod. Prudence is generally fuppofed to be 
ireprefented by thefe two ferpents, and the wings are the 
fymbol of diligence ; both neceffary in the purfuit of bu- 
Fmefs and commerce, which Mercury patronized. With 
it Mercury conduced to the infernal regions the fouls of 
the dead, and could lull to deep, and even raife to life a 
dead perfon. Virg. JEn. 4. The caduceus was alfo ufed 
by the ancients as a fymbol of peace and concord : the 
Romans lent the Carthagenians a javelin and a caduceus, 
offering them their choice either of war or peace. Among 
that people, thofe who denounced war were called feciales ; 
and thofe who went to demand peace, caduceatores, becaufe 
they bore a caduceus in their hand. The caduceus found 
on medals is a common fymbol, fignifying good conduct, 
peace, and profperity. 
CA'DUCUS ',/1 [from cado, Lat. to fall down.] Theepi- 
lepfy or falling li.cknefs. It is commonly ufed as an adjec. 
tive, with its fubtlantive morbus. In botany, it means be¬ 
ing of the fhorted duration ; as caducum folium, a leaf fall¬ 
ing at the firft opening of the flower. 
C ADUR'CI, Cadurcum, CADURCUs,and Cadurx, 
an ancient town of the Cadurci, a people of Aquitania; 
fttuated between the rivers Oldus, running from the north, 
and the Tarnis from the fouth, and falling into the Ga- 
ruhina : now Cakors, capital of the territory of the Querci, 
in Guienne. A part of the Cadurci, to the fouth next 
the Tarnis, were called Elcutheri. 
CA'DUS,/. [Gr. from 13 Heb.} An ancient meafure 
for wine. A caddy. 
CADU'SII, anciently a people of Media Atropatene, 
firuated to the w eft in the mountains, and reaching to the 
Cafpian Sea; between whom and the Medes, perpetual 
war and enmity continued down to the time of Cyrus. 
C/E'A, an iiland of the ALgean fea among the Cyclades, 
Called alfo Ceos and Cca, from Ceus the fon of Titan. It 
Vvas very fertile in (ilk-worms and in herds of cattle. 
CyE'CIAS,y. [Lat.] A wind from the north-eaft : 
Now, from the north, 
Boreas and Caecias, and Argeftes loud, 
And Thracias, rend the woods, and feas upturn. Milton. 
C-' z ECl'LIA,y. [from cacus r blind.] The floe worm, 
or blind worm ; a genus of ferpents belonging to the am¬ 
phibia dafs. The caecilia has no fcales; it is fmooth, and 
moves by means of lateral rugae or prickles. The upper 
lip is prominent, and furniflied with two tentacular It 
has no tail. There are but two fpecies, viz. 1. The ten- 
taculata, witli 135 rugae. It is about a foot long, and an 
inch in circumference, preferving an uniform cylindrical 
fhane from the one end to the other. The teeth are very 
fmall. It has fuch a relemblance to an eel, that it may 
ealily be miflaken for one ; but, as it has neither fins nor 
gills, it cannot be clafled with the fiflies. It is a native 
of America, and its bite is not poifonous. 2. The glu- 
tinofa, with 340 rugae or prickles above, and ten below, 
the anus. It is of a brownifh colour, with a white line on 
the fide, and is a native of the Indies. 
CAvCI'LIA LEX, the Ccccilian law, was propofed A. 
U. C. 693, by Caecil. Metellus Nepos, to remove taxes 
from all the Italian dates, and to give them free exporta¬ 
tion. Another, called alfo Didia, A. U. C. 654, by the 
conful Caecilius Metellus, and T. Didius. It required 
that no more than one fmgle matter fliould be propofed to 
the people in one queftion, left by one word they fliould 
give their afient to a whole bill, which might contain 
claufes worthy to be approved, and others unworthy. It 
required that every law, before it was preferred, fliould 
be expofed to public view on three market-days. Ano¬ 
ther, enabled by Caecilius Metellus the cenfor, concern¬ 
ing fttHfcbs. Piilt. 35. c. 1.7. Anothefj -A.U.C, 701^ to 
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reftore to the cenfors their original rights and privileges, 
which had been lelfened by P. Clodius the tribune. Ano¬ 
ther, called alfo Gabinia, A.U.C. 685, againll ufury. 
CAGCI'LII, a plebeian family at Rome, defeended front 
Caecas, one of the companions of Msnaeas, or from Calcu¬ 
lus the fon of Vulcan, who built Prenefte. This family 
gave birth to many illnftrious generals and patriots. 
CAL'CILUS (Claudius Kidorus), a man who left in his 
will to his heirs, 4116 (laves, 3600 yokes of oxen, 257,000 
fmall cattle, 600,000 pounds of filver. Pliny. —Epirus 
Caecilus, a freedman of Atticus, who opened a fchool at 
Rome, and is (aid to have firft taught reading to Virgil 
and (bine other growing poets. — A Sicilian orator in the 
age of Auguftus, who wrote on the fervile wars, a com- 
parifon between Demofthenes and Cicero, and an account 
of the orations of Demofthenes.—Statius Caecilus, a co¬ 
mic poet, whom Cicero ad Attic, calls Malum Lalinitatis 
aublorem; above thirty of his comedies are mentioned by 
ancient hiftorians, among which are his Nauclerus, Pho- 
cius, Epiclerus, Syracufc, Fcenerator, Fallacia, Pauli - 
machus, &c. He vvas a native of Gaul, and died at Rome 
168 B. C. and vvas buried in the Janiculum. lloratius. 
CAi'CUBUM, anciently a town of Campania in Italy, 
famous for the excellence and plenty of its wines. Strabo. 
C/E'CULUS, a (bn of Vulcan, conceived, as fome fay, 
by his mother, when a fpark of fire fell into her bofom. 
He was called Casculus, becaufe his eyes were fmall. Af¬ 
ter a life fpent in plundering and rapine, he built Prsenefte; 
but, being unable to find inhabitants, lie implored Vulcan 
to (hew whether he really was his father. Upon this a 
flame fuddenly (hone among a multitude who were aflem* 
bled to fee fome fpeffacles, and they were immediately 
perluaded to become the fubjefts of Caeculus. Virgil fays, 
that he was found in fire by fhepherds, and on that account 
called the fon of Vulcan, who is the god of fire. 
CAS'CUM, f. [from ccecus , blind, becaufe it is open at 
one end only.] The blind gut. See Anatom y. 
CMiDl'ClUS (Q^.) a military tribune in Sicily, who- 
bravely devoted himfelf to refeue the Roman army from 
tho Carthagenians, B.C. 254. He efcaped with his life,, 
—A rich perfon, &c. Virgil. —A friend of Turnus. Id. 
CAi'LIA LEX, the Ccelian law , enabled A.U.C. 635,. 
by Caelius, a tribune. It ordained, that in judicial pro¬ 
ceedings before the people, in cafes of treafon, the votes 
fliould be given upon tablets, contrary to the exception 
of the Cafliun law. 
C Ai'LIUS AUREL 1 A'NUS, or Lucius Cjelius- 
Arianus, an ancient pliyfician of Sicca, a town of Nu- 
midia, in Africa. What age Caelius flouriflied in we can¬ 
not determine, there being fo profound a fllence about it 
amongft the ancients: but it is very probable that lie lived 
before Galen, fince it is not conceivable that lie fliould 
mention, as he does, all the phyficians before him, and 
yet not make the lead: mention of Galen. He was not only 
a careful imitator of Soranus, but alfo a ftrenuous advo¬ 
cate for him. He had read very diligently the ancient 
phyficians of all the febls ; and we are obliged to him for 
the knowledge of many dogmas, which are not to be found 
but in his work De Ceieribuset Tardis Paflionibus. The 
bed edition of thefe books is that publifhed at Amfterdam 
1722, in 4to. He wrote, as he himfelf tells 11s, feverai 
other works; but they are all perifhed. This, however, 
which has efcaped the ruins of time and barbarifm, is 
highly valued, as being the only monument of the Medi- 
cini Metliodica which is extant. There are many others 
of this name mentioned in claffic authors; viz. 
CyE'LlUS, an orator, difciple to Cicero. He died very 
young. Cicero defended him when he was accufed of 
being acceflary to Catiline’s confpiracy. Quintil. —A man 
of Tarracina, found murdered in his bed. His fons were 
fufpebted of the murder, but acquitted. Val. Max. —Aure- 
lianus, a writer about 300 years after Clirift, the bed edi¬ 
tion of whofe works is that of Almeloveen.—L. Caelius, 
wrote an Hiftory of Rome, which M. Brutus epitomized, 
and which Adrian preferred tp the hiftories of Salluft, 
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