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cauda (also cōda, like codex, plostrum, etc., Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 19; id. R. R. 2, 7, 5; Petr. 44, 12; Fest. p. 178, 29; Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 17 Müll.) [etym. dub.; cf. codex], ae, f.,

  1. I. the tail of animals, Lucr. 2, 806; 3, 658; Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 222; id. Fin. 3, 5, 18; Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 264; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 3; 2, 5, 8.
      1. 2. Prov.
        1. a. Caudam jactare popello, to flatter, fawn upon (the figure taken from dogs), Pers. 4, 15.
        2. b. Caudam trahere, to have a tail stuck on in mockery, to be made a fool of, Hor. S. 2, 3, 53; Vell. 2, 83, 3; cf.: vitium bono viro quasi caudam turpissimam apponere, Lact. 6, 18, 16.
      2. * 3. In a pun, the end of the word, or the tail of the animal: Verris, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191.
  2. II. Transf.: membrum virile, Hor. S. 1, 2, 45; 2, 7, 49.
  3. III. Trop., of the addition to the name Verres, making it Verrucius: videtis extremam partem nominis, codam illam Verrinam tamquam in luto demersam in liturā, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191.

1. caudex, ĭcis, m. (more recent orthography cōdex) [etym. dub.; cf. cauda].

  1. I. The trunk of a tree, the stock, stem (rare).
          1. (α) Caudex, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 12, 15, 34, § 67; Verg. G. 2, 30 et saep.
          2. (β) Codex, Ov. M. 12, 432; Col. 4, 8, 2; 5, 6, 21.
            Hence,
    1. 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.
    2. C. A term of reproach, block, dolt, blockhead: caudex, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4; Petr. 74.
  2. II. Inpartic.
    1. 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,
    2. 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.).
          1. (α) Caudex, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Ant. 1, 2.
          2. (β) Codex, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119; id. Clu. 33, 91; Quint. 10, 3, 28; Dig. 32, 1, 52 al.
    3. 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.
    4. D. A code of laws: Codex Theodosianus, Justinianus, etc.; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.

caudĭcārĭus (cōdĭc-), a, um, adj. [caudex], of or pertaining to the trunks of trees: naves, made of rough, stout trunks of trees (cf. caudex, II.), Varr. and Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 535, 15 sq.; Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: caudicariae naves ex tabulis grossioribus factae.
Hence, patroni caudicarii, masters of such ships, Cod. Th. 14, 4, 9.
Subst.: caudĭ-cārĭi or cōdĭcārĭi, ōrum, m., those who sail on such ships (esp. those who brought the corn from Ostia to Rome), Cod. Th. 14, 3, 2; 14, 15, 1; Inscr. Orell. 1084; 3178 al.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 3, 2, p. 92.

cōda, ae, v. cauda.

Cōdēta, ae, f. [coda = cauda], a place in which grew plants resembling the tails of horses.

  1. I. Codeta Major, a place beyond the Tiber, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 4; cf. ib. p. 38, 17 Müll.
    Hence, Codētānus, a, um: campus, Reg. Urb. Rom. 14.
  2. II. Codeta Minor, a place near the Campus Martius, Suet. Caes. 39; cf. Becker, Antiq. 1, p. 656, annot. 1414.

cōdex, ĭcis, v. caudex.

cōdĭcārĭus, a, um, v. caudicarius.

cōdĭcillāris, e (and cōdĭcillārius, a, um: dignitates, Cod. Th. 6, 22, 7), adj. [codicilli, II. B. 1.], named or appointed by the emperor’s handwriting: auguratus, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 49.

cōdĭcilli, ōrum (sing. post-class. and rare in the meaning II. B. 2. infra, Cod. Just. 1, 5, 4, § 5; Cod. Th. 8, 18, 7; 16, 5, 40; Dig. 29, 7, 19; cf. ib. 50, 16, 148), m. dim. [codex = caudex].

  1. I. Wood cut and split for burning, only in Cato, R. R. 37, 5; 130.
  2. II. (Acc. to caudex, III., a writing-tablet; hence) A writing, letter, esp. a short writing, note, billet, a petition, etc.; cf. Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 89, and 33, 1, 4, § 12.
    1. A. In gen., Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 28; id. Fam. 6, 18, 1; 9, 26, 1; id. Q. Fr. 2, 9 (11), 1; id. Att. 4, 8, 2: cum codicillis venit puer, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Suet. Tib. 51; id. Claud. 5; id. Oth. 10; id. Gram. 14; Sen. Ep. 55, 10; Tac. A. 4, 39; 6, 9; Suet. Ner. 49; Sen. Clem. 15 al.
    2. B. Specif., in the time of the empire,
      1. 1. A writing of the emperor conferring some privilege, a diploma, a cabinet order, Suet. Tib. 22, 42; id. Calig. 18; 54; id. Claud. 29; Cod. Th. 6, 4, 23.
      2. 2. A brief testamentary order, usu. as an addition or appendix to a will, a codicil, Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 1; Tac. A. 15, 64 fin.; cf. Dig. 29, tit. 7: de jure codicillorum.

cōdĭcillus, v. codicilli init.

* cōdĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [coda = cauda], a little tail, Apic. 7, 1 dub.

Codomannus, i, m., cognomen of the last Persian king Darius, Just. 10, 3; 11, 6 sq.

Codrio or Codrion, ōnis, m., a town in Greek Illyria, Liv. 31, 27, 5.

Cōdrus, i, m., = Κόδρος.

  1. I. The last Athenian king, who voluntarily devoted himself to death in order to obtain for his people victory over the Spartans, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62; id. N. D. 3, 19, 49; Hor. C. 3, 19, 2; Just. 2, 6, 19; Vell. 1, 2; Val. Max. 5, 6, 1.
  2. II. A wretched poet, hostile to Virgil, Verg. E. 5, 11; 7, 22; Juv. 1, 2; 3, 203; 3, 208; cf. Weich. Poett. Latt. Rell. p. 402 sq.