Caudex

See also: caudex

Latin

Etymology

From caudex (“tree trunk”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.deks/, [ˈkäu̯d̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate 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.