rooted

pĕnĭtus, a, um, adj. [root pa- of pasco; v. penates], inward, inner, interior (ante- and post-class.):

exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 28:

scaturigo fontis,

App. M. 6, p. 178, 33:

mente penitā conditum,

id. ib. 11, p. 259, 38.— Comp. penitior pars domūs, App. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 599 P.— Sup.:

advecta ex Arabiā penitissimā,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 53; so id. ib. 4, 3, 71:

in latebras abscondas pectore penitissimo,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 65:

Scythae illi penitissimi,

the most remote, Gell. 9, 4, 6:

de Graecorum penitissimis litteris,

Macr. S. 5, 19. —As subst.: pĕnĭta, ōrum, n., the inmost parts:

mundi,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 9:

terrae,

id. 6, § 600:

sacri loci,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 43.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

pĕnĭtē ( poet. and post-class.), inwardly, internally, Cat. 61, 178.— Sup.:

penitissime,

Sid. Ep. 4, 9.—

pĕnĭtus (class.), inwardly, internally, in the inside (cf.: prorsus, omnino).

Lit.

In gen. (only poet.):

extra penitusque coacti Exagitant venti, Sev. Aetn. 317: penitusque deus, non fronte notandus,

Manil. 4, 309.—

In partic., deeply, far within, into the inmost part (class.):

saxum penitus excisum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

argentum penitus abditum,

id. Off. 2, 2, 13:

jacent penitus defossa talenta,

Verg. A. 10, 526:

penitus convalle virenti,

id. ib. 6, 679:

penitus terrae defigitur arbos,

id. G. 2, 290:

penitus penetrare,

Cels. 5, 26, 7:

Suevos penitus ad extremos fines se recepisse,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

penitus in Thraciam se abdidit,

Nep. Alcib. 9:

mare retibus penitus scrutare,

Juv. 5, 95.—

Trop., deeply, far within. from the innermost depths or recesses:

penitus ex intimā philosophiā hauriendam juris disciplinam putas,

from the very depths of philosophy, Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

opinio tam penitus insita,

so deeply rooted, id. Clu. 1, 4:

bene penitus sese dare in familiaritatem alicujus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

periculum penitus in venis et visceribus rei publicae,

in the very heart, id. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

demittere se penitus in causam,

id. Att. 7, 12, 3.—

Transf. (qs. through and through, to the bottom of a thing, i. e.), thoroughly, completely, wholly, [p. 1330] entirely, utterly (class.):

caput et supercilia penitus abrasa,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

utrum hic confirmasse videtur religionem an penitus totam sustulisse?

id. N. D. 1, 42, 119:

res penitus perspectae,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 108:

penitus pernoscere omnes animorum motus,

id. ib. 1, 5, 17:

quod in memoriā meā penitus insederit,

id. ib. 2, 28, 122:

intellegere aliquid,

id. Att. 8, 12, 1:

amittere hanc consuetudinem et disciplinam,

id. Off. 2, 8, 27:

diffidere rei publicae,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 5:

perdere se ipsos,

id. Fin. 1, 15, 49: te penitus rogo ne, etc., Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1:

penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos,

Verg. E. 1, 66:

dilecta penitus,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 4.— Hence, to strengthen the comp.:

penitus crudelior,

far more, Prop. 1, 16, 17.—To strengthen the sup.:

vir penitus Romano nomini infestissimus,

Vell. 2, 27, 1.

pēnītus, a, um, adj. [penis], furnished with or having a tail:

penitam offam Naevius appellat absegmen carnis cum codā,

Fest. p. 242 Müll.; Arn. 7, 24, 230; cf. Fest. s. v. penem, p. 230 Müll.

pĕnĭtus, a, um, adj. [root pa- of pasco; v. penates], inward, inner, interior (ante- and post-class.):

exscrea usque ex penitis faucibus,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 28:

scaturigo fontis,

App. M. 6, p. 178, 33:

mente penitā conditum,

id. ib. 11, p. 259, 38.— Comp. penitior pars domūs, App. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 599 P.— Sup.:

advecta ex Arabiā penitissimā,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 53; so id. ib. 4, 3, 71:

in latebras abscondas pectore penitissimo,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 65:

Scythae illi penitissimi,

the most remote, Gell. 9, 4, 6:

de Graecorum penitissimis litteris,

Macr. S. 5, 19. —As subst.: pĕnĭta, ōrum, n., the inmost parts:

mundi,

Mart. Cap. 1, § 9:

terrae,

id. 6, § 600:

sacri loci,

Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 43.—Hence, adv., in two forms.

pĕnĭtē ( poet. and post-class.), inwardly, internally, Cat. 61, 178.— Sup.:

penitissime,

Sid. Ep. 4, 9.—

pĕnĭtus (class.), inwardly, internally, in the inside (cf.: prorsus, omnino).

Lit.

In gen. (only poet.):

extra penitusque coacti Exagitant venti, Sev. Aetn. 317: penitusque deus, non fronte notandus,

Manil. 4, 309.—

In partic., deeply, far within, into the inmost part (class.):

saxum penitus excisum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 27, § 68:

argentum penitus abditum,

id. Off. 2, 2, 13:

jacent penitus defossa talenta,

Verg. A. 10, 526:

penitus convalle virenti,

id. ib. 6, 679:

penitus terrae defigitur arbos,

id. G. 2, 290:

penitus penetrare,

Cels. 5, 26, 7:

Suevos penitus ad extremos fines se recepisse,

Caes. B. G. 6, 9:

penitus in Thraciam se abdidit,

Nep. Alcib. 9:

mare retibus penitus scrutare,

Juv. 5, 95.—

Trop., deeply, far within. from the innermost depths or recesses:

penitus ex intimā philosophiā hauriendam juris disciplinam putas,

from the very depths of philosophy, Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 17:

opinio tam penitus insita,

so deeply rooted, id. Clu. 1, 4:

bene penitus sese dare in familiaritatem alicujus,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169:

periculum penitus in venis et visceribus rei publicae,

in the very heart, id. Cat. 1, 13, 31:

demittere se penitus in causam,

id. Att. 7, 12, 3.—

Transf. (qs. through and through, to the bottom of a thing, i. e.), thoroughly, completely, wholly, [p. 1330] entirely, utterly (class.):

caput et supercilia penitus abrasa,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

utrum hic confirmasse videtur religionem an penitus totam sustulisse?

id. N. D. 1, 42, 119:

res penitus perspectae,

id. de Or. 1, 23, 108:

penitus pernoscere omnes animorum motus,

id. ib. 1, 5, 17:

quod in memoriā meā penitus insederit,

id. ib. 2, 28, 122:

intellegere aliquid,

id. Att. 8, 12, 1:

amittere hanc consuetudinem et disciplinam,

id. Off. 2, 8, 27:

diffidere rei publicae,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 5:

perdere se ipsos,

id. Fin. 1, 15, 49: te penitus rogo ne, etc., Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 8, 1:

penitus toto divisos orbe Britannos,

Verg. E. 1, 66:

dilecta penitus,

Hor. C. 1, 21, 4.— Hence, to strengthen the comp.:

penitus crudelior,

far more, Prop. 1, 16, 17.—To strengthen the sup.:

vir penitus Romano nomini infestissimus,

Vell. 2, 27, 1.

pēnītus, a, um, adj. [penis], furnished with or having a tail:

penitam offam Naevius appellat absegmen carnis cum codā,

Fest. p. 242 Müll.; Arn. 7, 24, 230; cf. Fest. s. v. penem, p. 230 Müll.

rādīco, āvi, 1, v. n., and rādīcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [id.], to strike root, take root (post-Aug.).

Lit.

Form radico, Cassiod. H. E. 2, 6. —

Form radicor:

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.

rādīco, āvi, 1, v. n., and rādīcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [id.], to strike root, take root (post-Aug.).

Lit.

Form radico, Cassiod. H. E. 2, 6. —

Form radicor:

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.

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).

Lit.

In gen. (mostly in plur.):

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:

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.

The root, i. e. the lower part of an object, the foot of a hill, mountain, etc.— In plur.:

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.):

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.—

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.