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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 rādīx
rādīx īcis, f [2 RAD-], a root: radices palmarum conligebant: Virga radicibus actis surrexit, struck root, O.: arbores ab radicibus subruere, Cs.: radicibus eruta pinus, V.: genus radicis inventum, quod admixtum lacte, etc., Cs.: (herbas) radice revellit, O.: monstratā radice vel herbā (as a medicine), H.— A radish: lactucae, radices, H., O.— The root, lower part, foot, foundation: in radicibus Caucasi natus: sub ipsis radicibus montis, Cs.: a Palati radice.— A point of origin, supporting part, root: linguae, O.: vivum (saxum) radice tenetur, O.—Fig., a root, ground, basis, foundation, origin, source.—Only plur: vera gloria radices agit atque etiam propagatur: virtus altissimis defixa radicibus: Pompeius eo robore vir, iis radicibus, i. e. so firmly established in the State: a radicibus evertere domum, utterly, Ph.: ex iisdem, quibus nos, radicibus natus, i. e. of the same city.* * *I IIroot; base -
3 exstirpo
I.Lit. (only post-Aug.):II.arbores,
Curt. 7, 8, 7; cf.lucos,
id. 7, 5, 17; and:silva exstirpata procellis,
Prud. Hamart. 241:pilos de corpore toto,
Mart. 6, 56, 3.— Transf.:silvestris ager decrescente luna utilissime exstirpatur,
is cleared from stubble, Col. 11, 2, 52:agros arboribus atque virgultis,
Pall. Jul. 1, 1.—Trop., to root out, eradicate, extirpate (class.):vitia et funditus tollere,
Cic. Fat 5, 11:ex animo humanitatem,
id. Lael. 13, 48:perturbationes,
id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43: nomina inimica libertati, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16 med.:virtutem Israël,
Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 35. -
4 M
M, m, the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet (J not being distinguished from I in the class. period), corresponds in form and sound to the Greek M; the Latin language, however, does not combine an initial m with n, as in the Greek mna, mnêma, mnion, mnoos, etc.; hence, the Greek mna became Latin mĭna. The Latin language, unlike the Greek, tolerated a final m; but its sound was obscure, Prisc. p. 555 P. (cf. Quint. 12, 10, 31), and before an initial vowel, even in prose, was scarcely heard (hence Verrius Flaccus proposed to represent it by an M half obliterated, thus, N). In poetry, the vowel also immediately preceding the m was elided, Quint. 9, 4, 40; 11, 3, 34; 109; Diom. p. 488 P.; Prisc. p. 555 sq. ib.; Val. Prob. 1392; 1440 ib. To this rejection of the m at the end of words before vowels are owing the forms attinge, dice, ostende, facie, recipie, for attingam, dicam, ostendam, faciam, recipiam; v. the letter E; and the forms donec for donicum, coëo, coërceo for com-eo, com-erceo; circueo, circuitus, for circum-eo, circum-itus; veneo for venum eo; vendo for venum do; animadverto for animum adverto, etc.— M is substituted for p or b before a nasal suffix, as som-nus, cf. sopor, sopio; scamnum, cf. scabellum; Samnium for Sabinium; summus, cf. sub, super. Often also for n before a labial, as impello for inpello; cf. rumpo, root rup-; lambo, root lab-, with fundo, root fud-, etc.— M corresponds with the m of all Indo-European tongues, like Gr. m; cf. simul, hama; me, me; mel, meli; magnus, megas; but in inflections final m corresponds with Gr. n, as navem, naun; musarum, mousôn; sim, eiên, etc.— M is interchanged most freq. with n; so eundem, eandem, quendam, quorundam, tantundem, from eum, eam, quem, quorum, tantum; and, on the other hand, im is written for in before labials and m: imbellis, imbibo, imbuo; impar, impedio, imprimo, immanis, immergo, immuto, etc. Thus also m regularly stands for the final n of neuters borrowed from the Greek. A collat. form of Nilus, Melo, for Neilos, is mentioned in Paul. ex Fest. p. 7; 18 and 129 Müll.—The Latin m also interchanges with Gr. b: mel-ior, bel-tiôn; mortuus (Sanscr. mrita), brotos (v. for full details, Corss. Ausspr. 1, pp. 263 sqq.).As an abbreviation, M. denotes most freq. the prænomen Marcus, and less freq. magister, monumentum, municipium; v. the Index Notar. in Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 464 sq. M' denotes the prænomen Manius.As a numeral, M, standing for CIC, denotes the number 1000. -
5 m
M, m, the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet (J not being distinguished from I in the class. period), corresponds in form and sound to the Greek M; the Latin language, however, does not combine an initial m with n, as in the Greek mna, mnêma, mnion, mnoos, etc.; hence, the Greek mna became Latin mĭna. The Latin language, unlike the Greek, tolerated a final m; but its sound was obscure, Prisc. p. 555 P. (cf. Quint. 12, 10, 31), and before an initial vowel, even in prose, was scarcely heard (hence Verrius Flaccus proposed to represent it by an M half obliterated, thus, N). In poetry, the vowel also immediately preceding the m was elided, Quint. 9, 4, 40; 11, 3, 34; 109; Diom. p. 488 P.; Prisc. p. 555 sq. ib.; Val. Prob. 1392; 1440 ib. To this rejection of the m at the end of words before vowels are owing the forms attinge, dice, ostende, facie, recipie, for attingam, dicam, ostendam, faciam, recipiam; v. the letter E; and the forms donec for donicum, coëo, coërceo for com-eo, com-erceo; circueo, circuitus, for circum-eo, circum-itus; veneo for venum eo; vendo for venum do; animadverto for animum adverto, etc.— M is substituted for p or b before a nasal suffix, as som-nus, cf. sopor, sopio; scamnum, cf. scabellum; Samnium for Sabinium; summus, cf. sub, super. Often also for n before a labial, as impello for inpello; cf. rumpo, root rup-; lambo, root lab-, with fundo, root fud-, etc.— M corresponds with the m of all Indo-European tongues, like Gr. m; cf. simul, hama; me, me; mel, meli; magnus, megas; but in inflections final m corresponds with Gr. n, as navem, naun; musarum, mousôn; sim, eiên, etc.— M is interchanged most freq. with n; so eundem, eandem, quendam, quorundam, tantundem, from eum, eam, quem, quorum, tantum; and, on the other hand, im is written for in before labials and m: imbellis, imbibo, imbuo; impar, impedio, imprimo, immanis, immergo, immuto, etc. Thus also m regularly stands for the final n of neuters borrowed from the Greek. A collat. form of Nilus, Melo, for Neilos, is mentioned in Paul. ex Fest. p. 7; 18 and 129 Müll.—The Latin m also interchanges with Gr. b: mel-ior, bel-tiôn; mortuus (Sanscr. mrita), brotos (v. for full details, Corss. Ausspr. 1, pp. 263 sqq.).As an abbreviation, M. denotes most freq. the prænomen Marcus, and less freq. magister, monumentum, municipium; v. the Index Notar. in Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 464 sq. M' denotes the prænomen Manius.As a numeral, M, standing for CIC, denotes the number 1000. -
6 radico
rādīco, āvi, 1, v. n., and rādīcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [id.], to strike root, take root (post-Aug.).I.Lit.1.Form radico, Cassiod. H. E. 2, 6. —2.Form radicor:II.mergi facile radicantur,
Col. 4, 2, 2; Plin. 13, 4, 8, § 36; 18, 7, 10, § 51 al.—Hence, rādīcātus, a, um, having roots:semina,
Col. Arb. 20 fin.; Pall. Febr. 10, 1; 18, 1; 19, 2 al.—Trop.:et radicavi in populo honorificato (i. e. ego sapientia),
have found a home, struck root, Vulg. Ecclus. 24, 16:in caritate radicati et fundati,
id. Eph. 3, 17. — rādīcātus, a, um, rooted, Sid. Ep. 5, 10 fin. -
7 radicor
rādīco, āvi, 1, v. n., and rādīcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [id.], to strike root, take root (post-Aug.).I.Lit.1.Form radico, Cassiod. H. E. 2, 6. —2.Form radicor:II.mergi facile radicantur,
Col. 4, 2, 2; Plin. 13, 4, 8, § 36; 18, 7, 10, § 51 al.—Hence, rādīcātus, a, um, having roots:semina,
Col. Arb. 20 fin.; Pall. Febr. 10, 1; 18, 1; 19, 2 al.—Trop.:et radicavi in populo honorificato (i. e. ego sapientia),
have found a home, struck root, Vulg. Ecclus. 24, 16:in caritate radicati et fundati,
id. Eph. 3, 17. — rādīcātus, a, um, rooted, Sid. Ep. 5, 10 fin. -
8 T
T, t. indecl. n. or (to agree with littera) f., the nineteenth letter of the Lat. alphabet ( i and j being counted as one), = Gr. T (tau). It is very freq. as a final letter, esp. in verbal endings of the third person.I.As an initial, it is, in pure Lat. words, followed by no consonant except r: traho, tremo, tribuo, etc.; the combinations tl and tm are found only in words borrowed from the Greek: Tlepolemus, tmesis, Tmolus. Hence an initial t occurring in the ancient language before l (like an initial d before v, v. letter D) is rejected in classical Lat.: lātus (Part. of fero) for tlatus, from root tol- of tollo, tuli; cf. with TLAÔ, tlêtos; even when softened by a sibilant, the combination of t and l in stlata (genus navigii), stlembus (gravis, tardus), stlis, stlocus, was avoided, and, except in the formal lang. of law, which retained stlitibus judicandis, the forms lis, locus remained the only ones in use, though the transitional form slis occurs twice in very old inscriptions. Before a vowel or r, the original Indo-European t always retained its place and character. Between two vowels t and tt were freq. confounded, and in some words the double letter became established, although the original form had but one t; thus, quattuor, cottidie, littera, stand in the best MSS. and inscriptions; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 174 sqq.—II.The sibilant pronunciation of a medial t before i and a following vowel, is a peculiarity of a late period. Isidorus (at the commencement of the seventh century after Christ) is the first who expresses himself definitely on this point: cum justitia sonum z litterae exprimat, tamen quia Latinum est, per t scribendum est, sicut militia, malitia, nequitia et cetera similia (Orig. 1, 26, 28); but the commutation of ci and ti, which occurs not unfrequently in older inscriptions, shows the origin of this change in pronunciation to have been earlier. In the golden age of the language, however, it was certainly [p. 1831] unknown.—III.The aspiration of t did not come into general use till the golden age; hence, CARTACINIENSIS, on the Columna Rostrata; whereas in Cicero we have Carthago, like Cethegus, etc.; v. Cic. Or. 48, 160; and cf. letter C.—IV.T is interchanged with d, c, and s; v. these letters.—V.T is assimilated to s in passus from patior, quassus from quatio, fassus from fateor, missus from mitto, equestris from eques (equit-), etc. It is wholly suppressed before s in usus, from utor; in many nominatives of the third declension ending in s: civitas (root civitat, gen. civitatis), quies (quiet, quietis), lis (lit, litis), dos (dot, dotis), salus (salut, salutis), amans (amant, amantis), mens (ment, mentis), etc.; and likewise in flexi, flexus, from flecto, and before other letters, in remus, cf. ratis; Gr. eretmos; in penna; root pat-, to fly; Gr. petomai, etc. In late Lat. the vulgar language often dropped t before r and before vowels; hence such forms as mari, quaraginta, donaus, are found for matri, quatriginta (quad-), donatus, in inscriptions; cf. the French mère, quarante, donné.—VI.As an abbreviation, T. stands for Titus; Ti. Tiberius; TR. Tribunus; T. F. Testamenti formula; T. F. C. Titulum faciendum curavit; T. P. Tribunicia potestas, etc. -
9 t
T, t. indecl. n. or (to agree with littera) f., the nineteenth letter of the Lat. alphabet ( i and j being counted as one), = Gr. T (tau). It is very freq. as a final letter, esp. in verbal endings of the third person.I.As an initial, it is, in pure Lat. words, followed by no consonant except r: traho, tremo, tribuo, etc.; the combinations tl and tm are found only in words borrowed from the Greek: Tlepolemus, tmesis, Tmolus. Hence an initial t occurring in the ancient language before l (like an initial d before v, v. letter D) is rejected in classical Lat.: lātus (Part. of fero) for tlatus, from root tol- of tollo, tuli; cf. with TLAÔ, tlêtos; even when softened by a sibilant, the combination of t and l in stlata (genus navigii), stlembus (gravis, tardus), stlis, stlocus, was avoided, and, except in the formal lang. of law, which retained stlitibus judicandis, the forms lis, locus remained the only ones in use, though the transitional form slis occurs twice in very old inscriptions. Before a vowel or r, the original Indo-European t always retained its place and character. Between two vowels t and tt were freq. confounded, and in some words the double letter became established, although the original form had but one t; thus, quattuor, cottidie, littera, stand in the best MSS. and inscriptions; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 174 sqq.—II.The sibilant pronunciation of a medial t before i and a following vowel, is a peculiarity of a late period. Isidorus (at the commencement of the seventh century after Christ) is the first who expresses himself definitely on this point: cum justitia sonum z litterae exprimat, tamen quia Latinum est, per t scribendum est, sicut militia, malitia, nequitia et cetera similia (Orig. 1, 26, 28); but the commutation of ci and ti, which occurs not unfrequently in older inscriptions, shows the origin of this change in pronunciation to have been earlier. In the golden age of the language, however, it was certainly [p. 1831] unknown.—III.The aspiration of t did not come into general use till the golden age; hence, CARTACINIENSIS, on the Columna Rostrata; whereas in Cicero we have Carthago, like Cethegus, etc.; v. Cic. Or. 48, 160; and cf. letter C.—IV.T is interchanged with d, c, and s; v. these letters.—V.T is assimilated to s in passus from patior, quassus from quatio, fassus from fateor, missus from mitto, equestris from eques (equit-), etc. It is wholly suppressed before s in usus, from utor; in many nominatives of the third declension ending in s: civitas (root civitat, gen. civitatis), quies (quiet, quietis), lis (lit, litis), dos (dot, dotis), salus (salut, salutis), amans (amant, amantis), mens (ment, mentis), etc.; and likewise in flexi, flexus, from flecto, and before other letters, in remus, cf. ratis; Gr. eretmos; in penna; root pat-, to fly; Gr. petomai, etc. In late Lat. the vulgar language often dropped t before r and before vowels; hence such forms as mari, quaraginta, donaus, are found for matri, quatriginta (quad-), donatus, in inscriptions; cf. the French mère, quarante, donné.—VI.As an abbreviation, T. stands for Titus; Ti. Tiberius; TR. Tribunus; T. F. Testamenti formula; T. F. C. Titulum faciendum curavit; T. P. Tribunicia potestas, etc. -
10 ēligō
ēligō lēgī, lēctus, ere [ex + 1 lego], to pluck out, root out: stirpes trunco everso eligendae sunt: herbas, Cu.—Fig., to root out: superstitionis stirpes.— To pick out, choose, elect, select, single out: iudices ex civitatibus: quemvis mediā turbā, H.: formas quasdam nostrae pecuniae, have a preference for, Ta.: a multis commodissimum quodque, from many authors: equos numero omni, V.: feras, Ta.: ad minima malorum eligenda: urbi condendae locum, L.: utrum velis factum esse necne: fictum Esse Iovem malis, an, etc., O.: haud semper errat fama, aliquando et elegit, i. e. makes a true selection, Ta.* * *eligere, elegi, electus Vpick out, choose -
11 ērādīcō
ērādīcō —, —, āre [ex + radix], to root out, extirpate, annihilate: te, T.* * *eradicare, eradicavi, eradicatus Vroot out,eradicate -
12 ē-ruō
ē-ruō uī, utus, ere, to cast forth, throw out, root up, dig out, take: humum, O.: sepulcris caprificos, H.: segetem ab radicibus, V.: mortuum: aquam remis, to plough up, O.: illum, to hunt down: quemvis mediā turbā, H.: Eruitur oculos, his eyes are torn out, O.—To root out, destroy utterly: urbem a sedibus, V.: Troianas opes, V.— Fig., to draw out, bring out, elicit: mihi qui legati fuerint: ex quibus (locis) argumenta: si quid obrutum erit: Sacra annalibus eruta, O.: Obscurata (verba), rescue from oblivion, H.: memoriam exercitatione: difficultas pecuniaria, quā erui, etc., to be freed: hoc mihi erui non potest, i. e. can't be talked out of me. -
13 Īris
Īris idis （acc. Īrim, V., voc. Īri, O.), f, *)=ιρισ, the goddess of the rainbow, messenger of the gods, V., O.* * *Iiris (plant)i; preparation of iris root; iridescent stoneIIIris (messenger of the gods, goddess of the rainbow); rainbowIIIiris (plant)i; preparation of iris root; iridescent stoneIVIris (messenger of the gods, goddess of the rainbow); rainbowV -
14 rādīcula
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15 stirps
stirps (rarely stirpis, once stirpēs, L.), pis, f or (poet.) m [STER-].—Of plants, the lower part of the trunk, stock, stem, stalk, root: terra stirpes amplexa: ut tantum modo per stirpīs alantur suas: sceptrum in silvis imo de stirpe recisum, V.: domos avium cum stirpibus imis Eruit, V.— Of hair: vellere ab stirpe capillos, by the roots, Pr., Tb.— A plant, shrub ; usu. plur: stirpium naturae: in seminibus est causa arborum et stirpium. —Of persons, a stem, stock, race, family, lineage: ignoratio stirpis et generis: qui sunt eius stirpis: divina, V.: Herculis stirpe generatus: ab stirpe socius atque amicus populi R., S.— A scion, offspring, descendant, progeny: quibus stirpes deesset, L.: stirps et genus omne futurum, V.: stirpis virilis ex novo matrimonio fuit, a son, L.—Fig., a root, source, origin, foundation, beginning, cause: altae stirpes stultitiae: populum a stirpe repetere: malorum omnium: gentis, L.: Carthago ab stirpe interiit, utterly, S.— Inborn character, nature: non ingenerantur hominibus mores a stirpe generis: nondum exoletā stirpe gentis, L.* * *I IIstock, plant; race, lineage; character -
16 acorion
sweet/yellow flag/iris or its root; butchers's broom/reed/rush or its root -
17 acoron
sweet/yellow flag/iris or its root; butchers's broom/reed/rush or its root -
18 acoros
sweet/yellow flag/iris or its root; butchers's broom/reed/rush or its root -
19 acorum
sweet/yellow flag/iris or its root; butchers's broom/reed/rush or its root -
20 acorus
sweet/yellow flag/iris or its root; butchers's broom/reed/rush or its root
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