radix
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin radix (“a root”)
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[edit] Noun
radix (plural radixes or radices)
- A primitive word, from which other words spring.
- (biology) A root
- (mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as 10 for decimal.
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word, from which other words spring
the number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base
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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
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥάδιξ (rádiks, “branch, twig”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (waurts), Old Irish fren (“root”) and Old English wyrt (“herb, plant”) (English wort).
[edit] Noun
rādīx (genitive rādīcis); f, third declension
- A root (of a plant).
- A radish.
- The lower part of an object; root.
- (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 | rādīx | rādīcēs |
| genitive | rādīcis | rādīcum |
| dative | rādīcī | rādīcibus |
| accusative | rādīcem | rādīcēs |
| ablative | rādīce | rādīcibus |
| vocative | rādīx | rādīcēs |
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[edit] References
- Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008, page 512
