codex

«codex» in Mova's school dictionary: An old book written by hand, with pages bound together… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a codex, codices or codexes)

meaning for a pupil

1) An old book written by hand, with pages bound together, especially an ancient or medieval book. tree →

2) A book of laws or rules (old use). tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons it appears with ancient Mayan and Aztec books (like the Dresden Codex), early Bibles (Codex Sinaiticus) and Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks. A codex replaced the scroll because it was easier to use. Phrases: "an ancient codex", "Codex Sinaiticus".

examples

• The codex was written by monks on animal skin. tree →
• The Maya painted their codices on bark paper. tree →
• Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks are called codices. tree →
• A codex has pages you turn, but a scroll is rolled up. tree →
• Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest Bibles. tree →

note

Plural: codices ("KOH-di-seez"), less often codexes. A codex is a book with pages, unlike a scroll.

In the corpora

• After the conquest, Nahua writers working with the Spanish friar Bernardino de Sahagún recorded Aztec memories of the conquest in the Florentine Codex.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «codex» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.