excaudico

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.