caudex
Latin > English
caudex caudicis N M :: trunk of tree; piece/hunk of wood; blockhead; (bound) book; note/account book
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
caudex: ĭcis, m. (more recent orthography cōdex) [etym. dub.; cf. cauda.
I The trunk of a tree, the stock, stem (rare).
(a) Caudex, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 12, 15, 34, § 67; Verg. G. 2, 30 et saep.—
(b) Codex, Ov. M. 12, 432; Col. 4, 8, 2; 5, 6, 21.— Hence,
B The block of wood to which one was bound for punishment: codex, Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 39; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 44; Juv. 2, 57. —
C A term of reproach, block, dolt, blockhead: caudex, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4; Petr. 74.—
II Inpartic.
A A block of wood split or sawn into planks, leaves or tablets and fastened together: quia plurium tabularum contextus caudex apud antiquos vocatur, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4: quod antiqui pluris tabulas conjunctas codices dicebant, Varr. ap. Non. p. 535, 20.—Hence,
B (Since the ancients orig. wrote upon tablets of wood smeared with wax.) A book, a writing (its leaves were not, like the volumina, rolled within one another, but, like those of our books, lay over one another; cf. Dict. of Antiq.).
(a) Caudex, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Ant. 1, 2.—
(b) Codex, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119; id. Clu. 33, 91; Quint. 10, 3, 28; Dig. 32, 1, 52 al.—
C Esp. of an accountbook and particularly of a ledger (while adversaria signifies the waste-book; hence only the former was of any validity in law): non habere se hoc nomen (this item) in codice accepti et expensi relatum confitetur: sed in adversariis patere contendit, etc., Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; v. the passage in connection; cf. id. ib. 3, 9: in codicis extremā cerā (i. e. upon the last tablet), id. Verr. 2, 1, 36. § 92: referre in codicem, id. Sull. 15, 44.—
D A code of laws: Codex Theodosianus, Justinianus, etc.; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) caudex,¹¹ ĭcis, m.,
1 souche, tronc d’arbre : Virg. G. 2, 30 ; Plin. 16, 121 || [fig.] homme stupide, bûche : Ter. Haut. 877
2 c. codex : Cat. d. Fronto Ep. ad M. Ant. 1, 2 ; cf. Sen. Brev. 13, 4.
Latin > German (Georges)
caudex, dicis, m. (ältere Form für codex, w. vgl.), I) der Baumstamm, Stamm (Ggstz. rami, Solin. 32, 34), Verg., Plin. u.a. – als Schimpfwort, Klotz, Ter. heaut. 877 (Petr. 74, 13 codex). – II) meton., die aus mehreren mit Wachs überzogenen Holztäfelchen bestehende Schreibtafel, das Notizbuch (gew. in der Nbf. codex, w. s.), iussi caudicem proferri, ubi mea oratio scripta erat, Cato oratt. 2 in. (b. Fronto ep. ad Anton. imp. 1, 2. p. 99, 23 N.). Vgl. Sen. de brev. vit. 13, 4.
Latin > Chinese
Translations
book
Abaza: книга, апхьага, кьтап; Abkhaz: ашәҟәы; Adyghe: тхылъ; Afar: kitab; Afrikaans: boek; Aghwan: 𐕁𐔼𐕗; Ainu: カㇺビソㇱ; Alabama: holisso; Albanian: libër; Ambonese Malay: buku; Amharic: መጽሃፍ; Apache Western Apache: nałtsoos; Arabic: كِتَاب; Algerian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic: كتاب; Egyptian Arabic: كتاب; North Levantine Arabic: كتاب; Tunisian Arabic: كتاب; Aragonese: libro; Armenian: գիրք; Aromanian: vivlie, carte; Assamese: কিতাপ, পুথি; Asturian: llibru; Atayal: biru'; Atong: kitap; Avar: тӏехь, таптар, тӏахьал; Aymara: panka; Azerbaijani: kitab; Bambara: gafɛ; Bashkir: китап; Basque: liburu; Belarusian: кні́га, кні́жка; Bengali: বই, কিতাব, গ্রন্থ, পুস্তক; Biatah Bidayuh: buk; Bislama: buk; Breton: levr; Bulgarian: книга; Burmese: စာအုပ်; Buryat: ном; Catalan: llibre; Central Dusun: buuk; Chagatai: كتاب; Chamorro: lepblo; Chechen: кинишка, китаб, книга, книшка, кинчка, жайна; Cherokee: ᏗᎪᏪᎵ, ᎪᏪᎵ; Cheyenne: mȯxe'ėstoo'e; Chichewa: buku; Chinese Cantonese: 書／书; Dungan: фу; Gan: 書／书; Hakka: 書／书; Jin: 書／书; Mandarin: 書／书; Min Bei: 書／书; Min Dong: 書／书; Min Nan: 冊／册, 書／书; Wu: 書／书; Xiang: 書／书; Chuvash: кӗнеке; Classical Syriac: ܟܬܒܐ; Coptic: ϫⲱⲙ; Cornish: lyver; Corsican: libru; Crimean Tatar: kitap; Czech: kniha; Dalmatian: lebro; Danish: bog; Dhivehi: ފޮތް; Dutch: boek; Eastern Mari: книга; Elfdalian: buok; Erzya: конёвкс, кинига; Esperanto: libro; Estonian: raamat; Evenki: книга; Ewe: agbalẽ; Extremaduran: llibru; Fala: libru; Faroese: bók; Fijian: vola, ivola; Finnish: kirja; French: livre, bouquin; Fula Adlam: 𞤣𞤫𞤬𞤼𞤫𞤪𞤫; Latin: deftere; Friulian: libri; Gagauz: kitap; Galician: libro; Ge'ez: መጽሐፍ; Georgian: წიგნი; German: Buch; Alemannic German: Buech; Central Franconian: Boch; Pennsylvania German: Buch; Gilaki: کیتاب; Gilbertese: boki; Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐍉𐍃; Greek: βιβλίο, τόμος; Ancient Greek: βιβλίον; Greenlandic: atuagaq; Guaraní: kuatiañe'ẽ, aranduka; Gujarati: પુસ્તક, ચોપડી; Haitian Creole: liv; Hausa: littafi; Hawaiian: puke, liwele; Hebrew: סֵפֶר; Hiligaynon: tulún-an; Hindi: पुस्तक, किताब, बुक, ग्रंथ, बही, पोथी, पोथा, पुस्तिका, सिफर; Hungarian: könyv; Hunsrik: Buch; Iban: surat, bup; Icelandic: bók; Ido: libro; Igbo: akwụkwọ; Inari Sami: kirje; Indonesian: buku, kitab; Ingrian: kirja; Ingush: китаб; Interlingua: libro; Inuktitut: ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᑦ; Inuttut: unikkausik; Irish: leabhar; Isan: ปึ้ง; Istriot: leîbro; Italian: libro; Japanese: 本, 書籍, ブック; Javanese: buku, layang, serat; Jingpho: laika buk; Kabardian: тхылъ; Kabyle: adlis; Kalmyk: дегтр; Kannada: ಪುಸ್ತಕ; Karachay-Balkar: китап; Karakalpak: kitap; Karelian: kirju; Kashubian: knéga, knyga, knëga, ksążka; Kazakh: кітап; Arabic: كىتاپ; Khakas: кинде; Khanty: книга, кинишка, ԓўӈатты нєпек; Khmer: សៀវភៅ; Kikuyu: rifuku; Kildin Sami: кыррьй, кнӣга; Kis: egetabu; Komi-Zyrian: небӧг, книга; Kongo: dibuku; Konkani: पुस्तक; Korean: 책(冊), 도서(圖書); Kumyk: китап; Kurdish Central Kurdish: پەرتوک, کتاو; Northern Kurdish: pirtûk, kitêb; Kven: kirja; Kwanyama: embo; Kyrgyz: китеп; Ladino Hebrew: ליב׳רו; Latin: livro; Lak: лу; Lakota: wówapi; Lao: ປຶ້ມ, ປຶ້ມຂຽນ, ຫນັງສື, ສັດຖະ, ພັບ; Latin: liber, caudex; Latvian: grāmata; Laz: სუპარა; Lezgi: улуб, ктаб, дафтар; Lhao Vo: mug sug' paug', tung" paug', paug'; Ligurian: lìbbro, libbro; Limburgish: book; Lingala: búku; Lithuanian: knyga; Livonian: rōntõz; Lombard: liber; Louisiana Creole French: liv; Low German Dutch Low Saxon: book; German Low German: Book; Luganda: ekitabo; Luhya: sitabu; Lule Sami: girjje; Luxembourgish: Buch; Macedonian: книга; Malagasy: boky; Malay: buku, kitab, pustaka; Malayalam: പുസ്തകം; Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wikhikon; Maltese: ktieb; Manchu: ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝ, ᠴᠠᡤᠠᠨ, ᠨᠣᠮᡠᠨ; Mansi: кнӣга; Manx: lioar; Maori: pukapuka; Marathi: पुस्तक; Maricopa: onyor; Mauritian Creole: liv; Middle English: bok; Mingrelian: სუფარა, წინგი; Mirandese: lhibro; Miyako: 書物; Moksha: книга; Mon: လိက် အုပ်; Mongolian Cyrillic: ном, бичиг; Mongolian: ᠨᠣᠮ, ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ᠋; Motu: buka; Mwani: kitabu, buku, livro; Nahuatl: amoxtli; Classical Nahuatl: āmoxtli; Nanai: дангса; Navajo: naaltsoos; Neapolitan: lìbbro; Nepali: पुस्तक, किताप; Newar: सफू; Nivkh: питғы; Nogai: китап; North Frisian: bök, buk; Northern Sami: girji; Northern Norwegian Bokmål: bok; Nynorsk: bok; O'odham: ʼoʼohana; Occitan: libre; Ojibwe: mazina'igan; Okinawan: 書物; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: боукꙑ, кънигꙑ; Old East Slavic: кънига; Old English: bōc; Old Irish: lebor; Old Javanese: tulis; Old Occitan: libre; Old Prussian: lāiskas; Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏; Oriya: ବହି; Orok: бичихэ; Ossetian: чиныг; Ottoman Turkish: كتاب; Pali: potthaka; Devanagari: पोत्थक; Thai: โปตถะกะ; Papiamentu: buki; Pashto: کتاب; Pawnee: raáwihaakaraaʾit, raáwihaakaraaʾiitusuʾ; Persian: کتاب, نسک, نامه; Phu Piedmontese: lìber; Plautdietsch: Buak; Polabian: bükvoi; Polish: książka, księga; Portuguese: livro; Pukapukan: lau, puka; Punjabi: ਪੁਸਤਕ, ਕਿਤਾਬ; Quechua: liwru, p'anqa; Rabha: কাওছা; Rajasthani: पोथी; Romagnol: lìvar; Romani: ginadyi; Romanian: carte; Romansch: cudesch; Russian: книга, книжка; Rusyn: книга; Rwanda-Rundi: igitabo; Samogitian: kninga; Sanskrit: पुस्तक, ग्रन्थ; Saterland Frisian: Bouk; Scots: beuk; Scottish Gaelic: leabhar; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: књи̏га; Roman: knjȉga; Seychellois Creole: liv; Shan: ပပ်ႉ, ၸႃႇဢုၵ်ႉ; Shona: bhuku; Shor: ном, книга; Sicilian: libbru; Sikaiana: laumea; Silesian: kniga; Sindhi: ڪِتابُ; Sinhalese: පොත; Skolt Sami: ǩeʹrjj; Slovak: kniha; Slovene: knjíga; Slovincian: knega; Somali: buug, kitaab; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: knigły; Upper Sorbian: kniha; Sotho: buka; Southern Altai: бичик, книга; Southern Sami: gærja; Southern Spanish: libro; Sranan Tongo: buku; Sudovian: laiskas; Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮊᮥ; Svan: ლა̈ირ; Swahili: kitabu, vitabu; Swazi: íncwadzí; Swedish: bok; Sylheti: ꠛꠂ; Tabasaran: китаб; Tagalog: libro, aklat; Tajik: китоб; Tamil: நூல், புத்தகம்; Tarantino: libbre; Tashelhit: ⴰⵔⵔⴰ; Tatar: китап; Telugu: పుస్తకం, పొత్తం; Tetum: livru; Thai: หนังสือ, สมุด; Tibetan: དེབ, ཕྱག་དེབ; Tigre: ክታብ; Tigrinya: መጽሓፍ, መጽሐፍ; Tlingit: x'úx'; Tocharian B: postak; Tok Pisin: buk; Tswana: buka; Tundra Nenets: книга, толаӈгобць'; Turkish: kitap, betik; Turkmen: kitap; Tuvaluan: tusi; Tuvan: ном; Udi: ҝирк; Udmurt: книга; Ukrainian: книжка, книга; Unami: lekhikàn; Urdu: کتاب, پستک, بک; Urhobo: e̖be; Uyghur: كىتاب; Uzbek: kitob; Venetian: łìbro; Veps: kirj; Vietnamese: sách, sổ, sách giáo khoa; Vilamovian: bihła, büch; Volapük: buk; Votic: tširjõ; Walloon: live; Waray-Waray: basahon, barasahon; Welsh: llyfr; West Frisian: boek; Western Ojibwa: masinahikan; Western Panjabi: پستک, کتاب; White Hmong: ntawv; Wiradhuri: garrandarang; Wolof: tééré bi, téere; Wutunhua: huaiqa; Xhosa: incwadi; Yagnobi: китоб; Yakut: кинигэ; Yami: vakong; Yiddish: בוך, ספֿר, חיבור; Yoruba: ìwé; Yucatec Maya: juʼun; Zazaki: kıtab, nustık; Zhuang: saw; Zulu: ibhuku, incwadi