codex
co·dex
codex · codices · codexes
кодекс
кодекс
Kodex
An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages,…An early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
UK/ˈkəʊdɛks/US/ˈkoʊdɛks/
Meaning
2 sensesAn early manuscript book, especially one bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
Kodex
ко́дексkódeks
ко́дексkódeks
An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.
the French codex
an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
early book:
Русский
By meaning 1
early book:
Deutsch
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early book:
Origin
Borrowed from Latin cōdex, variant form of caudex (“tree trunk, book, notebook”); compareBorrowed from Latin cōdex, variant form of caudex (“tree trunk, book, notebook”); compare caudex (in botany). Doublet of code.
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Forms
plural: codices / codexesSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll):leaf-book