radix

See also: Radix

§English

§Etymology

From Latin radix (“a root”).

§Pronunciation

• enPR: rādĭks, IPA^(key): /reɪ.dɪks/

§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.

§Related terms

• radical

§Translations

word, from which other words spring

• German: Stamm (de) m

• Russian: ко́рень (ru) m (kórenʹ), осно́ва (ru) f (osnóva)

root (biology)

• German: Wurzel (de) f

the number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base

• Dutch: grondtal (nl)
• French: base (fr) f
• German: Basis (de) f
• Irish: bunuimhir f

• Manx: bun-earroo m
• Polish: podstawa (pl) f
• Welsh: rhif sylfaenol m

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• French: racine (fr) f

§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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§Latin

§Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wrād-ī-, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds. Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥάδιξ (rhádiks, “branch, twig”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (waurts), Old Irish fren (“root”) and Old English wyrt (“herb, plant”) (English wort).

§Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈraː.diːks/

§Noun

rādīx f (genitive rādīcis); 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.

§Inflection

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

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

§Derived terms

• ērādīcō
• rādīcālis
• rādīcātus
• rādīcescō
• rādīcō

• rādīcor
• rādīcōsus
• rādīcula
• rādix grāminis

§Descendants

• Aromanian: arãdãtsinã, zãrãtsinã
• Dalmatian: radaica
• English: radix, radish
• French: racine
• Galician: raíz
• Italian: radice
• Jèrriais: raichinne
• Occitan: raiç, rasic, rasiga

• Portuguese: raiz
• Romanian: rădăcină
• Romansch: ragisch, risch, rieisch
• Sardinian: radichina, arraighina, raichina
• Sicilian: ràdica, ràdiga, ràrica
• Spanish: raíz
• Venetian: raixa, raìs
• Walloon: raecene

§References

• Michiel de Vaan (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, page 512