codex

[ koh-deks ]

noun

, plural co·di·ces [koh, -d, uh, -seez, kod, -, uh, -].

1. a quire of manuscript pages held together by stitching: the earliest form of book, replacing the scrolls and wax tablets of earlier times.
2. a manuscript volume, usually of an ancient classic or the Scriptures.
3. Archaic. a code; book of statutes.

codex

/ ˈkəʊdɛks /

noun

1. a volume, in book form, of manuscripts of an ancient text
2. obsolete.
   a legal code

Word History and Origins

Origin of codex¹

1575–85; < Latin cōdex, caudex tree-trunk, book (formed originally from wooden tablets); code

Word History and Origins

Origin of codex¹

C16: from Latin: tree trunk, wooden block, book

Example Sentences

"The added sugar we have in our products are all well below the threshold prescribed by international and local guidelines who always follow the FDA, who follows Codex, and these are the experts in this field," said Arlene Tan-Bantoto, Nestlé Nutrition business executive officer.

From BBC

He has now dispatched an army of stabby crab-like aliens through portals to retrieve the Eddie-Venom codex and free himself.

From Los Angeles Times

Through no small amount of exposition, we learn that the pair have become a codex, or key, to unlock some sort of galactic prison where a stringy-haired dark lord of sorts has been locked up by his symbiote children.

From Los Angeles Times

The pair turn into a tracking device when Venom fully manifests, and the codex can be destroyed only if one of them dies, so the story is essentially a chase movie through the American Southwest.

From Los Angeles Times

Lukas won his first Preakness in 1980, 44 years ago, with Codex.

From Los Angeles Times

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