radix

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 External links 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 2.2.2 Derived terms 2.2.3 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Latin radix (“‘a root’”)

[edit] Noun

radix (plural radixes or radices)

1. A primitive word, from which other words spring.
2. (biology) A root
3. (mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as 10 for decimal.

[edit] Related terms

• radical

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[edit] External links

• radix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• radix in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=radix&action=edit

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *werǝd-.

[edit] Noun

rādix (genitive rādīcis); f, third declension

1. A root (of a plant).
2. A radish.
3. The lower part of an object; root.
4. (figuratively) A foundation, basis, ground, origin, source, root.

[edit] Inflection

Note that the genitive plural rādīcum has the alternative form rādicium.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	rādix	rādīcēs
genitive	rādīcis	rādīcum
dative	rādīcī	rādīcibus
accusative	rādīcem	rādīcēs
ablative	rādīce	rādīcibus
vocative	rādix	rādīcēs

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[edit] Descendants