Caudex

See also: caudex

Latin

Etymology

From caudex (“tree trunk”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.deks/, [ˈkäu̯d̪ɛks̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.deks/, [ˈkäːu̯d̪eks]

Proper noun

Caudex m sg (genitive Caudicis); third declension

  1. A Roman cognomen, famously held by:
    1. Appius Claudius Caudex, a Roman consul

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Caudex
Genitive Caudicis
Dative Caudicī
Accusative Caudicem
Ablative Caudice
Vocative Caudex

References
  • “Caudex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Caudex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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