excaudico

ex-caudĭco (-cōdico), āre, v. a. [caudex], 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.