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.

Case 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’s 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
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