codicillus

codicillus

Latin

Etymology

    From cōdex + -illus.

    Noun

    cōdicillus m (genitive cōdicillī); second declension

    1. (chiefly in the plural) firewood
    2. (chiefly in the plural) notepad, writing tablet; writing, petition
    3. codicil (to a will)
    4. commission; statement of appointment (to office)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative cōdicillus cōdicillī
    genitive cōdicillī cōdicillōrum
    dative cōdicillō cōdicillīs
    accusative cōdicillum cōdicillōs
    ablative cōdicillō cōdicillīs
    vocative cōdicille cōdicillī

    Descendants

    • Catalan: codicil
    • English: codicil
    • Esperanto: kodicilo
    • French: codicille
    • German: Kodizill
    • Ido: kodicilo
    • Italian: codicillo
    • Portuguese: codicilo
    • Spanish: codicilo

    References

    • codicillus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "codicillus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • codicillus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • codicillus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • codicillus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin