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].
I Wood cut and split for burning , only in Cato R. R. 37, 5; 130. —
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.
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. —
B Specif., in the time of the empire,
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 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.