kodexo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English codex, French codex, German Kodex, Italian codice, Russian ко́декс (kódeks), Spanish códice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈde.kso/, /koˈde.ɡzo/

Noun

kodexo (plural kodexi)

1. (legal, signal, programming, etc.) code, codex
   • 1909, L'Espérantiste, page 103:

     Segun ilu, ed il esis justa, « l’intersanta fakto esas, ke la penado di omni, per sucedanta elimini … aparigis quaze kodexo di l'fundamentala legaro konstitucanta di linguo internaciona.

     According to him, and he was right, “the interesting fact was, that everyone’s suffering, with succeeding eliminations … was made appearent as if it was the code of the fundamental and constitucional law of the international language.

   • 1911, Mondolinguo: Weltsprache, Volume 4–5, page 22:

     La nuva Suisana Civil Kodexo, qua valoreskis de la 1 jan. 1912, esas omnube regardata kom modela lego; […]

     The new Swiss Civil Code, which will come into action from the 1st of January, 1912, is everywhere seen as a model law; […]

   • 1913, Progreso, Volume 5, C. Delgrave, page 247:

     (Ma existas signo-lingui kun kompleta vortari, ex. la Kodexo di la navala signali : e nia vortaro, qua existas anke, esas nur infinite plu naturala e plu facile memorebla kam la vortaro tote artificala di la dicita Kodexo !)

     (But there are sign languages with complete dictionaries, ex. the Code of the Nautical Signals: and our dictionary, which also exists, is only infinitely more natural and easier to remember than the dictionary which is totally artificial of said Code!)

   • 1918, Mondo, Volume 7–10, page 48:

     Vu havas la yuro recevar membro-karto, nia kodexo plurlingua e nia revuo trimestrala kontenanta plu kam 50 pagini, […]

     You have the right to receive a member card, our multilanguage codex and our trimester magazine which has more than 50 pages, […]

Derived terms

• kodexigar (“to code, codify”)
• kodexo farmaciala (“pharmacopoeia, dispensatory”)
• civila kodexo (“civil code”)
• fonto-kodexo (“source code”)