ex-caudĭco (-cōdico), āre, v. a. [caudex], to weed out, root up = exstirpare.
I Prop., Lex ap. Front. Aquaed. 129.—
B Transf., to dig round , i. q. ablaqueare: ablaqueandae sunt vites, quod Itali excodicare appellant, Pall. Jan. 1.—
II Trop., to extirpate , root out : silvam libidinum eradicare et excaudicare, Tert. Pudic. 16.