单词 | codex |
释义 | codex /koh"deks/, n. , pl. codices /koh"deuh seez', kod"euh-/. 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. [1575-85; < L codex, caudex tree-trunk, book (formed orig. from wooden tablets); cf. CODE] |
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