"codex" meaning in Latin

See codex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkoː.dɛks] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkɔː.deks] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Originally an alternative form of caudex, showing 'rustic' monophthongization of /au̯/ to /oː/. Head templates: {{la-noun|cōdex<3>|g=m}} cōdex m (genitive cōdicis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cōdex<3>}} Forms: cōdex [canonical, masculine], cōdicis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cōdex [nominative, singular], cōdicēs [nominative, plural], cōdicis [genitive, singular], cōdicum [genitive, plural], cōdicī [dative, singular], cōdicibus [dative, plural], cōdicem [accusative, singular], cōdicēs [accusative, plural], cōdice [ablative, singular], cōdicibus [ablative, plural], cōdex [singular, vocative], cōdicēs [plural, vocative]
  1. tree trunk; book, notebook Tags: declension-3 Derived forms: Codex Argenteus, cōdicillus
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              177,
              184
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          "ref": "c. 49 CE, Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae (On the Shortness of Life) (in English), Penguin, →ISBN, page 21:",
          "text": "That was Claudius, who for this reason was called Caudex because a structure linking several wooden planks was called in antiquity a caudex. Hence too the Law Tables are called codices, and even today the boats which carry provisions up the Tiber are called by the old-fashioned name codicariae.",
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    }
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōdicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōdice",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōdicibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōdex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cōdicēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cōdex<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "cōdex m (genitive cōdicis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cōdex<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin third declension nouns",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              177,
              184
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "c. 49 CE, Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae (On the Shortness of Life) (in English), Penguin, →ISBN, page 21:",
          "text": "That was Claudius, who for this reason was called Caudex because a structure linking several wooden planks was called in antiquity a caudex. Hence too the Law Tables are called codices, and even today the boats which carry provisions up the Tiber are called by the old-fashioned name codicariae.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tree trunk; book, notebook"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tree trunk",
          "tree trunk"
        ],
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ],
        [
          "notebook",
          "notebook"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkoː.dɛks]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɔː.deks]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "codex"
}

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