blockhead Copy link Outline 1. caudex, ĭcis, m. (prop. a trunk or block)2. stīpes, ĭtis, m.3. truncus • blockhead: 1. caudex, ĭcis, m. (prop. a trunk or block): Ter. 2. stīpes, ĭtis, m.: v. Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4. 3. truncus: how can there be wisdom in a b. of that kind? qui potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia? Cic. See also ass.