cauda | cōda, ae (noun F) : (also , , etc., Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 19; id. R. R. 2, 7, 5; Petr. 44, 12; Fest. p. 178, 29; Paul. ex Fest. p. 38, 17 Müll.) [etym. dub.; cf. codex]
* The tail of animals, Lucr. 2, 806; 3, 658; Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 222; id. Fin. 3, 5, 18; Plin. 11, 50, 111, § 264; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 3; 2, 5, 8.
* Prov.
* Transf.: membrum virile,Hor. S. 1, 2, 45; 2, 7, 49.
* Trop., of the addition to the name Verres, making it Verrucius: videtis extremam partem nominis, codam illam Verrinam tamquam in luto demersam in liturā,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191.
* In a pun, the end of the word, or the tail of the animal: Verris,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191.

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