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1 radix
rādix, īcis ( gen. plur. radicium, Cassiod. H. E. 1, 1; Jul. Val. Itin. Alex. 32 (75)), f. [Gr. rhiza, a root; rhadix, a shoot or twig; cf. ramus], a root of a plant (cf. stirps).I.Lit.1.In gen. (mostly in plur.):2.radices agere,
to strike root, Varr. R. R. 1, 37 fin.; Ov. R. Am. 106; id. M. 4, 254; Col. 5, 6, 8; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 127; cf.infra, II.: capere radices,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 133, 3; Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:penitus immittere radices,
Quint. 1, 3, 5:emittere radices e capite, ex se,
Col. 3, 18, 6; 5, 10, 13:descendunt radices,
Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 129:arbores ab radicibus subruere,
Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 4:herbas radice revellit,
Ov. M. 7, 226:radicibus eruta pinus,
Verg. A. 5, 449:segetem ab radicibus imis eruere,
id. G. 1, 319.— Sing.:(arbos) quae, quantum vertice ad auras, tantum radice in Tartara tendit,
Verg. G. 2, 292; Plin. 16, 31, 56, § 128; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 150; Ov. H. 5, 147. —In partic., an edible root, Caes. B. C. 3, 48; esp. a radish:B.Syriaca,
Col. 11, 3, 16; 59:also simply radix,
Pall. 1, 35, 5; Hor. S. 2, 8, 8; Ov. M. 8, 666 al.:dulcis,
licorice, Scrib. Comp. 170. —Transf.1.The root, i. e. the lower part of an object, the foot of a hill, mountain, etc.— In plur.:2.in radicibus Caucasi natus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 52:in radicibus Amani,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 9:sub ipsis radicibus montis,
Caes. B. G. 7, 36; 7, 51 fin.; 69; id. B. C. 1, 41; 3, 85, 1 et saep. — In sing.:a Palatii radice,
Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101; Plin. 37, 10, 66, § 180.—That upon which any thing is fixed or rests (e. g. the tongue, a feather, a rock); a root, foundation ( poet.; used alike in sing. and plur.):3.linguae,
Ov. M. 6, 557:plumae,
id. ib. 2, 583:saxi,
Lucr. 2, 102; Ov. M. 14, 713.—Radix virilis = membrum virile, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, 13.—II.Trop., a root, ground, basis, foundation, origin, source (almost entirely in the plur.):vera gloria radices agit atque etiam propagatur,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43:virtus altissimis defixa radicibus,
id. Phil. 4, 5, 13:audeamus non solum ramos amputare miseriarum, sed omnes radicum fibras evellere,
id. Tusc. 3, 6, 13:facilitatis et patientiae,
id. Cael. 6, 14:Pompeius eo robore vir, iis radicibus,
i. e. so deeply rooted, firmly established in the State, id. Att. 6, 6, 4:illic radices, illic fundamenta sunt,
Quint. 10, 3, 3:a radicibus evertere domum,
from its foundation, utterly, Phaedr. 3, 10, 49:ex iisdem, quibus nos, radicibus natum (C. Marium),
i. e. a native of the same city, Cic. Sest. 22, 50; Varr. R. R. 2, 8, 1; cf. in sing.:Apollinis se radice ortum,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 72:ego sum radix David,
Vulg. Apoc. 22, 16 et saep.—Of words,
origin, derivation, Varr. L. L. 6, 5, 61; 7, 3, 88 al. -
2 chara
chara ae, f a wild cabbage, Cs.* * *edible root, mixed with milk/forms loaf to stave off hunger (Caesar CW III) -
3 fagus
fāgus, i ( nom. plur.:fagūs,
Verg. Cul. 139), f. [prob. root phag-, to eat; cf. faba and Gr. phêgos, phêgôn; Germ. Buche; Engl. beech, originally a tree with edible fruit], = phêgos, a beech-tree: Fagus silvatica, Linn.; Verg. E. 1, 1; Caes. B. G. 5, 12, 5; Plin. 16, 5, 6, § 16 sq.; 24, 5, 9, § 14; Ov. M. 10, 92: felices arbores... quercus, fagus, etc., Veran. ap. Macr. S. 3, 20, 2 al.
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