Lewis & Short

ex-caudĭco (-cōdico), āre, v. a. [caudex), to weed out, root up = exstirpare.

  1. I. Prop., Lex ap. Front. Aquaed. 129.
    1. B. Transf., to dig round, i. q. ablaqueare: ablaqueandae sunt vites, quod Itali excodicare appellant, Pall. Jan. 1.
  2. II. Trop., to extirpate, root out: silvam libidinum eradicare et excaudicare, Tert. Pudic. 16.