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Codex

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Co′dex

(kō′dĕks)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Codices
(#)
.
[L. See
Code
.]
1.
A book, especially an early form of book with pages stitched together, contrasting with the earlier scrolls; a manuscript;
as, a DaVinci
codex
.
2.
A collection or digest of laws; a code(senses 2 or 4).
[archaic]
Burrill.
3.
An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.
4.
A collection of canons.
Shipley.

Definition 2024

Codex

Codex

See also: codex and códex

German

Noun

Codex m ‎(genitive Codex, plural Codices)

  1. Alternative form of Kodex

Declension

codex

codex

See also: Codex and códex

English

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

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Translations

References

  1. ↑ “codex” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin cōdex.

Noun

codex m ‎(plural codex)

  1. codex (all senses).

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

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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)
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

Etymology

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

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