Caudex, cis, m.,
a Roman cognomen : App. Claudius Caudex, consul A. U. C. 490, B. C. 264, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4; Aur. Vict. 37.
caudex icis, m cf. cauda, a trunk of a tree, stock, stem : caudicibus sectis (in grafting), V.— Me...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
·noun The stem of a tree., ·esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the per...
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