codex

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.
noun an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)

From Latin cōdex, variant form of caudex (“tree trunk, book, notebook”); compare caudex (in botany). Doublet of code.

[10] See Photius (codex 58); Dio Cassius, lxix. — The Anabasis of Alexander : $b or, The history of the wars and conquests of Alexander the Great, Arrian
The taverns were generally regarded by the magistrates as brothels and the waitresses were so regarded by the law (Codex Theodos. lx, tit. — The Satyricon — Complete, Petronius Arbiter
To-day the waters of Spinbronn figure no longer in the "Codex";[1] in this poor village one no longer sees anyone but a few miserable woodcutters, and, sad to say, Dr. Hâselnoss has left! — Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Unknown

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