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caudĭcārĭus (cōdĭc-), a, um, adj. [caudex], of or pertaining to the trunks of trees: naves, made of rough, stout trunks of trees (cf. caudex, II.), Varr. and Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 535, 15 sq.; Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4; cf. also Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: caudicariae naves ex tabulis grossioribus factae.
Hence, patroni caudicarii, masters of such ships, Cod. Th. 14, 4, 9.
Subst.: caudĭ-cārĭi or cōdĭcārĭi, ōrum, m., those who sail on such ships (esp. those who brought the corn from Ostia to Rome), Cod. Th. 14, 3, 2; 14, 15, 1; Inscr. Orell. 1084; 3178 al.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 3, 2, p. 92.

cōdĭcārĭus, a, um, v. caudicarius.

cōdĭcillāris, e (and cōdĭcillārius, a, um: dignitates, Cod. Th. 6, 22, 7), adj. [codicilli, II. B. 1.], named or appointed by the emperor’s handwriting: auguratus, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 49.

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].

  1. I. Wood cut and split for burning, only in Cato, R. R. 37, 5; 130.
  2. 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.
    1. 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.
    2. B. Specif., in the time of the empire,
      1. 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. 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.

cōdĭcillus, v. codicilli init.

* cōdĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [coda = cauda], a little tail, Apic. 7, 1 dub.