codex

See also: Codex and códex

English

Etymology

From Latin cōdex, variant spelling of caudex (tree trunk, book, notebook); compare caudex (in botany).

Pronunciation

Noun

codex (plural codices or codexes)

  1. An early manuscript book.
  2. A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
  3. An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.

Quotations

Translations

References

  1. codex”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams


French

Etymology

From Latin cōdex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.dɛks/

Noun

codex m (plural codex)

  1. codex (all senses).

Further reading


Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.deks/, [ˈkoː.dɛks]

Noun

cōdex m (genitive cōdicis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of caudex (tree trunk; book, notebook)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōdex cōdicēs
Genitive cōdicis cōdicum
Dative cōdicī cōdicibus
Accusative cōdicem cōdicēs
Ablative cōdice cōdicibus
Vocative cōdex cōdicēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • codex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • codex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • codex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • account-book; ledger: codex or tabulae ratio accepti et expensi
  • codex in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • codex in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • codex in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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