codicillus
Latin
Etymology
From cōdex + -illus.
Noun
cōdicillus m (genitive cōdicillī); second declension
- (chiefly in the plural) firewood
- (chiefly in the plural) notepad, writing tablet; writing, petition
- codicil (to a will)
- 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