codex

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

cōdex icis, m

(for caudex), a block: Codice misso, O.—A log for punishing slaves, stocks: inmundus, Pr.: residens in codice, Iu. — A block sawn into tablets, book, writing, manuscript, document (in leaves; cf. volumen, a roll): multos codices implevit: falsus.—Esp., an account-book: accepti et expensi, a ledger: in codicis extremā cerā, the last tablet: referre in codicem.

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