ex-caudĭco — Lewis & Short
ex-caudĭco (-cōdico), āre, v. a. [caudex),
I to weed out, root up = exstirpare.
I Prop., Lex ap. Front. Aquaed. 129.—
B Transf., to dig round, i. q. ablaqueare:
ablaqueandae sunt vites, quod Itali excodicare appellant,Pall. Jan. 1.—
II Trop., to extirpate, root out:
silvam libidinum eradicare et excaudicare,Tert. Pudic. 16.