ridica

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Italian

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Verb

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ridica

  1. inflection of ridire:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Uncertain. A doubtful connection with Ancient Greek ἐρείδω (ereídō, I prop, support) is sometimes suggested. Pokorny suggests a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyd- for both, which Beekes finds plausible for the Greek word.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ridica f (genitive ridicae); first declension

  1. (agriculture) A stake, a vine-prop

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ridica ridicae
Genitive ridicae ridicārum
Dative ridicae ridicīs
Accusative ridicam ridicās
Ablative ridicā ridicīs
Vocative ridica ridicae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Galician: rodriga
  • Romanian: ridica (possibly)
  • Spanish: rodrigón

References

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  • ridica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ridica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably from Latin ērādīcāre, present active infinitive of ērādīcō (root out, eradicate) (and thus a doublet of the borrowing eradica). Another possibility is Late Latin or Vulgar Latin ridicāre (tie a vine, e.g. in a vineyard) (attested from a late gloss), from ridica (stake; prop; vine-prop); cf. also Spanish rodrigón. The semantic development in this case would pertain to how vines were set up in Romanian vineyards traditionally, using a trunk for the vines and stakes to support them; in the winter they would be lowered covered with a layer of earth to protect from the cold, but in spring would be raised again on the stakes or props. Less likely etymologies proposed include a Vulgar Latin *rigidicāre, from rigidus, or *adrecticāre. Compare Megleno-Romanian rădic, ardic, ardicari.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ri.diˈka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ri‧di‧ca

Verb

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a ridica (third-person singular present ridică, past participle ridicat) 1st conj.

  1. to lift, elevate, raise, hoist, suspend
    Synonym: înălța
  2. to increase
  3. to uplift
  4. (reflexive) to get up, stand up, arise
    Synonym: scula
  5. (reflexive, formal, of amounts) to amount, add up to [with la]
    • 1990, Corneliu Vlad, “Păcatele teleevangheliștilor”, in Lumea ’90, Bucharest, page 122:
      Veniturile sale se estimează că s-au ridicat la 73,5 milioane dolari în 1986.
      His income is estimated to have added up to 73.5 million dollars in 1986.
  6. (reflexive, rather archaic) to recover from a disease
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:se însănătoși
  7. (transitive, chiefly obsolete) to heal, cure
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vindeca

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