/ˈkəʊdɛks/, /ˈkoʊdɛks/
OriginFrom Latin cōdex, variant form of caudex (“tree trunk, book, notebook”); compare caudex (in botany). Doublet of code.
- An early manuscript book.
- A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
“From its inception, the index has provided a window onto the history of the book, for it took the advent of a particular type of book — the codex, a sheaf of pages fastened along one edge — to make an”
- An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.
Formscodices(plural) · codexes(plural)