radix
See also: Radix
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin rādīx (“a root”). Doublet of radish.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
radix (plural radixes or radices)
- (biology) A root.
- (linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.
- (mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
biology: root — see root
linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
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Further reading edit
- radix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “radix”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “radix”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈraː.diːks/, [ˈräːd̪iːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈra.diks/, [ˈräːd̪iks]
Noun edit
rādīx f (genitive rādīcis); third declension
- a root (of a plant)
- a radish
- the lower part of an object; root
- (figuratively) a foundation, basis, ground, origin, source, root
Declension edit
Note that the genitive plural rādīcum has the alternative form rādicium. Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | rādīx | rādīcēs |
Genitive | rādīcis | rādīcum |
Dative | rādīcī | rādīcibus |
Accusative | rādīcem | rādīcēs |
Ablative | rādīce | rādīcibus |
Vocative | rādīx | rādīcēs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: radice (see there for further descendants)
- Neapolitan: radeca, ràdeca
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- Later borrowings:
References edit
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “radix”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 524
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “radix”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 26
Further reading edit
- “radix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “radix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- radix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- radix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to take root: radices agere (De Off. 2. 12. 73)
- at the foot of the mountain: sub radicibus montis, in infimo monte, sub monte
- to occupy the foot of a hill: considere sub monte (sub montis radicibus)
- to take root: radices agere (De Off. 2. 12. 73)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
radix n (plural radixuri)
Declension edit
Declension of radix
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) radix | radixul | (niște) radixuri | radixurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) radix | radixului | (unor) radixuri | radixurilor |
vocative | radixule | radixurilor |