appendix, ĭcis, f (acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 21 Müll., earlier ampendix, m.; v. ampendices) [appendo].
I That which hangs to any thing, an appendage.
A Lit., Ap. Met. 8, 22, 17; 5, 24, 2.—More freq.,
B Trop., an addition , supplement , or accession to any thing, Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 9, 2: vidit enim appendicem animi esse corpus, * Cic. Hort. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 42, 9: exigua appendix Etrusci belli, Liv. 9, 41 (cf. accessio): appendices majoris muneris, id. 39, 27: appendices Olcadum, id. 21, 5.—
II A thorny shrub , the barberrybush : Berberis vulgaris, Linn.; Plin. 24, 13, 70, § 114.