caudex
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caudex, caudicis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
trunk of tree; piece/hunk of wood; blockhead; (bound) book; note/account book;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...harum rerum convenit quae sunt dicta in stulto, caudex stipes asinu' plumbeus; in illum nil potest: exsuperat..." - L
de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...Romanis primus persuaserit nauem conscendere (Claudius is fuit, Caudex ob hoc ipsum appellatus quia plurium tabularum contextus caudex..."