Caudex

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Latin

Etymology

From caudex (“tree trunk”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Caudex m sg (genitive Caudicis); third declension

  1. A Roman cognomen, famously held by:
    1. Appius Claudius Caudex, a Roman consul

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Caudex
genitive Caudicis
dative Caudicī
accusative Caudicem
ablative Caudice
vocative Caudex

References

  • “Caudex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Caudex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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