a code of laws

caudex, ĭcis, m. (more recent orthography cōdex) [etym. dub.; cf. cauda].

The trunk of a tree, the stock, stem (rare).

Caudex, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 12, 15, 34, § 67; Verg. G. 2, 30 et saep.—

Codex, Ov. M. 12, 432; Col. 4, 8, 2; 5, 6, 21.— Hence,

The block of wood to which one was bound for punishment:

codex,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 39; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 44; Juv. 2, 57. —

A term of reproach, block, dolt, blockhead:

caudex,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4; Petr. 74.—

Inpartic.

A block of wood split or sawn into planks, leaves or tablets and fastened together:

quia plurium tabularum contextus caudex apud antiquos vocatur,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4: quod antiqui pluris tabulas conjunctas codices dicebant, Varr. ap. Non. p. 535, 20.—Hence,

(Since the ancients orig. wrote upon tablets of wood smeared with wax.) A book, a writing (its leaves were not, like the volumina, rolled within one another, but, like those of our books, lay over one another; cf. Dict. of Antiq.).

Caudex, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Ant. 1, 2.—

Codex, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119; id. Clu. 33, 91; Quint. 10, 3, 28; Dig. 32, 1, 52 al.—

Esp. of an accountbook and particularly of a ledger (while adversaria signifies the waste-book; hence only the former was of any validity in law): non habere se hoc nomen ( this item) in codice accepti et expensi relatum confitetur:

sed in adversariis patere contendit, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; v. the passage in connection; cf. id. ib. 3, 9: in codicis extremā cerā (i. e. upon the last tablet), id. Verr. 2, 1, 36. §

92: referre in codicem,

id. Sull. 15, 44.—

A code of laws: Codex Theodosianus, Justinianus, etc.; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.

Caudex, cis, m., a Roman cognomen: App. Claudius Caudex, consul A. U. C. 490, B. C. 264, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4; Aur. Vict. 37.

caudex, ĭcis, m. (more recent orthography cōdex) [etym. dub.; cf. cauda].

The trunk of a tree, the stock, stem (rare).

Caudex, Plin. 16, 30, 53, § 121; 12, 15, 34, § 67; Verg. G. 2, 30 et saep.—

Codex, Ov. M. 12, 432; Col. 4, 8, 2; 5, 6, 21.— Hence,

The block of wood to which one was bound for punishment:

codex,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 39; Prop. 4 (5), 7, 44; Juv. 2, 57. —

A term of reproach, block, dolt, blockhead:

caudex,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4; Petr. 74.—

Inpartic.

A block of wood split or sawn into planks, leaves or tablets and fastened together:

quia plurium tabularum contextus caudex apud antiquos vocatur,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4: quod antiqui pluris tabulas conjunctas codices dicebant, Varr. ap. Non. p. 535, 20.—Hence,

(Since the ancients orig. wrote upon tablets of wood smeared with wax.) A book, a writing (its leaves were not, like the volumina, rolled within one another, but, like those of our books, lay over one another; cf. Dict. of Antiq.).

Caudex, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Ant. 1, 2.—

Codex, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119; id. Clu. 33, 91; Quint. 10, 3, 28; Dig. 32, 1, 52 al.—

Esp. of an accountbook and particularly of a ledger (while adversaria signifies the waste-book; hence only the former was of any validity in law): non habere se hoc nomen ( this item) in codice accepti et expensi relatum confitetur:

sed in adversariis patere contendit, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; v. the passage in connection; cf. id. ib. 3, 9: in codicis extremā cerā (i. e. upon the last tablet), id. Verr. 2, 1, 36. §

92: referre in codicem,

id. Sull. 15, 44.—

A code of laws: Codex Theodosianus, Justinianus, etc.; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.

Caudex, cis, m., a Roman cognomen: App. Claudius Caudex, consul A. U. C. 490, B. C. 264, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 4; Aur. Vict. 37.

dī-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to force apart, separate, divide, distribute (cf.: dispono, distribuo, divido, dispenso, ordino, compono).

Lit.

Ingen. (so mostly post-Aug.):

(insulae) interdum discordantibus ventis digeruntur (opp. junctae copulataeque),

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6; cf.

nubes (opp. congregare),

Sen. Q. N. 7, 22:

nimbos,

Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 9:

digesti colores,

Ov. F. 5, 213:

stercoris pars in prata digerenda,

Col. 11, 2, 18:

radix digesta,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 161:

inque canes totidem trunco digestus ab uno Cerberus,

divided, separated, Ov. H. 9, 93; cf.: Nilus [p. 577] septem in cornua, id. M. 9, 774 (for which, septem discretus in ostia Nilus, id. ib. 5, 324):

Crete centum per urbes,

id. H. 10, 67:

populus Romanus in classes (coupled with distributus),

Flor. 1, 6, 4 et saep.; cf. Ov. F. 6, 83.— Poet.:

(augur Thestorides) novem volucres in belli digerit annos,

i. e. explains, interprets, Ov. M. 12, 21 (cf. omina, Verg. A. 2, 182).—

In partic.

(Post-Aug.): cibum, to cut up, divide:

(dentes) qui digerunt cibum,

Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160;

and still more freq., like the class. concoquere,

to digest, Sen. Controv. 1 prooem.; Cels. 3, 4; 4, 7; Quint. 10, 1, 19 al.—

In medic. lang., to dissolve, dissipate morbid matter, Cels. 5, 18 (twice); 1, 9 fin.; 2, 17 al.; Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41 al.— Very freq. and class.,

With the accessory notion of arrangement, to distribute, arrange, dispose, set in order:

quas (accepti tabulas) diligentissime legi et digessi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:

capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 11: crines, Col. poet. 10, 165; cf.:

crines ordine,

Mart. 3, 63:

asparagum,

to plant in regular rows, Cato R. R. 161, 3; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149; cf. Verg. G. 2, 54 and 267:

bibliothecam,

to arrange, Suet. Caes. 44:

carmina in numerum,

Verg. A. 3, 446 (ordinat, disponit, Serv.).

Trop.

In gen., to distribute (rare and not ante-Aug.):

quam meruit solus poenam digessit in omnes,

Ov. M. 14, 469; cf.:

mala per annos longos,

id. Pont. 1, 4, 9:

tempora,

id. F. 1, 27; cf.:

annum in totidem species,

Tac. G. 26 et saep.—Freq. and class.,

In partic., to arrange, set in order, distribute:

mandata,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

quaestiones,

Quint. 11, 2, 37; cf. id. 10, 4, 1 Spald. N. cr.:

reliquos usus ejus suo loco,

to relate in order, Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 37 et saep.:

omina,

interprets, Verg. A. 2, 182 (cf. above, no. I. A. fin.):

post descripte et electe in genus quodque causae, quid cuique conveniat, ex hac copia digeremus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 41, 186:

omne jus civile in genera,

id. ib. 1, 42, 190:

commentarios in libros,

Quint. 10, 7, 30:

res in ordinem,

id. ib. 7 prooem. §

1: argumenta in digitos,

id. 11, 3, 114:

commentarium per genera usus sui,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 15 et saep.—With a relat. clause:

nec quid quoque anno actum sit, in tanta vetustate non modo rerum sed etiam auctorum digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4: senium, digest, i. e. endure, Val. Fl. 8, 92 (cf. gêras hepsein, Pind. Olym. 1, 133).—

To consider maturely (late Lat.):

consilium,

Amm. 14, 6, 14; 15, 4, 1.—

To exercise (for health): si satis valet, gestando aegrum, digerere;

si parum, intra domum tamen dimovere,

Cels. 4, 7, 4:

ne imbecillum hominem nimis digerant,

id. 2, 15 med. al.—Hence, dīgestus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) That has a good digestion: purissimus et digestissimus, Marc. Empir. c. 22 med. —

(Acc. to no. II. B.) Subst.: dīgesta, ōrum, n., a name given to a collection of writings distributed under certain heads, Gell. 6, 5 init.; esp. of Justinian's code of laws, the Pandects, Digests; cf. Just. Cod. 1, 17, 3, § 1.—Also to the Bible, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 3.— Sing.:

digestum Lucae,

the Gospel of Luke, id. ib. 4, 5.

dī-gĕro, gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to force apart, separate, divide, distribute (cf.: dispono, distribuo, divido, dispenso, ordino, compono).

Lit.

Ingen. (so mostly post-Aug.):

(insulae) interdum discordantibus ventis digeruntur (opp. junctae copulataeque),

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 6; cf.

nubes (opp. congregare),

Sen. Q. N. 7, 22:

nimbos,

Plin. 31, 4, 30, § 53; Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 9:

digesti colores,

Ov. F. 5, 213:

stercoris pars in prata digerenda,

Col. 11, 2, 18:

radix digesta,

Plin. 24, 17, 102, § 161:

inque canes totidem trunco digestus ab uno Cerberus,

divided, separated, Ov. H. 9, 93; cf.: Nilus [p. 577] septem in cornua, id. M. 9, 774 (for which, septem discretus in ostia Nilus, id. ib. 5, 324):

Crete centum per urbes,

id. H. 10, 67:

populus Romanus in classes (coupled with distributus),

Flor. 1, 6, 4 et saep.; cf. Ov. F. 6, 83.— Poet.:

(augur Thestorides) novem volucres in belli digerit annos,

i. e. explains, interprets, Ov. M. 12, 21 (cf. omina, Verg. A. 2, 182).—

In partic.

(Post-Aug.): cibum, to cut up, divide:

(dentes) qui digerunt cibum,

Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160;

and still more freq., like the class. concoquere,

to digest, Sen. Controv. 1 prooem.; Cels. 3, 4; 4, 7; Quint. 10, 1, 19 al.—

In medic. lang., to dissolve, dissipate morbid matter, Cels. 5, 18 (twice); 1, 9 fin.; 2, 17 al.; Plin. 26, 7, 25, § 41 al.— Very freq. and class.,

With the accessory notion of arrangement, to distribute, arrange, dispose, set in order:

quas (accepti tabulas) diligentissime legi et digessi,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23; cf. id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:

capillos,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 11: crines, Col. poet. 10, 165; cf.:

crines ordine,

Mart. 3, 63:

asparagum,

to plant in regular rows, Cato R. R. 161, 3; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 149; cf. Verg. G. 2, 54 and 267:

bibliothecam,

to arrange, Suet. Caes. 44:

carmina in numerum,

Verg. A. 3, 446 (ordinat, disponit, Serv.).

Trop.

In gen., to distribute (rare and not ante-Aug.):

quam meruit solus poenam digessit in omnes,

Ov. M. 14, 469; cf.:

mala per annos longos,

id. Pont. 1, 4, 9:

tempora,

id. F. 1, 27; cf.:

annum in totidem species,

Tac. G. 26 et saep.—Freq. and class.,

In partic., to arrange, set in order, distribute:

mandata,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

quaestiones,

Quint. 11, 2, 37; cf. id. 10, 4, 1 Spald. N. cr.:

reliquos usus ejus suo loco,

to relate in order, Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 37 et saep.:

omina,

interprets, Verg. A. 2, 182 (cf. above, no. I. A. fin.):

post descripte et electe in genus quodque causae, quid cuique conveniat, ex hac copia digeremus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf. id. de Or. 1, 41, 186:

omne jus civile in genera,

id. ib. 1, 42, 190:

commentarios in libros,

Quint. 10, 7, 30:

res in ordinem,

id. ib. 7 prooem. §

1: argumenta in digitos,

id. 11, 3, 114:

commentarium per genera usus sui,

Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 15 et saep.—With a relat. clause:

nec quid quoque anno actum sit, in tanta vetustate non modo rerum sed etiam auctorum digerere possis,

Liv. 2, 21, 4: senium, digest, i. e. endure, Val. Fl. 8, 92 (cf. gêras hepsein, Pind. Olym. 1, 133).—

To consider maturely (late Lat.):

consilium,

Amm. 14, 6, 14; 15, 4, 1.—

To exercise (for health): si satis valet, gestando aegrum, digerere;

si parum, intra domum tamen dimovere,

Cels. 4, 7, 4:

ne imbecillum hominem nimis digerant,

id. 2, 15 med. al.—Hence, dīgestus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. B. 1.) That has a good digestion: purissimus et digestissimus, Marc. Empir. c. 22 med. —

(Acc. to no. II. B.) Subst.: dīgesta, ōrum, n., a name given to a collection of writings distributed under certain heads, Gell. 6, 5 init.; esp. of Justinian's code of laws, the Pandects, Digests; cf. Just. Cod. 1, 17, 3, § 1.—Also to the Bible, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 3.— Sing.:

digestum Lucae,

the Gospel of Luke, id. ib. 4, 5.