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rādīcĭtus , adv. id.,
I.with the roots, by the roots (class.).
I. Lit.: “effodere herbas malas,” Cato, R. R. 50: “concidere rosetum,” Varr. R. R. 1, 35, 1; Cat. 64, 288: “evellere arborem,” Suet. Vesp. 5: “eximere,” Col. 4, 33, 4: “interire,” id. 6, 3, 1: “auferre ungues,” Prop. 3, 7 (4, 6), 51 al. —
II. Trop., by the roots, i. e. utterly, completely, radically: “radicitus tollere atque extrahere cupiditatem,” Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 27; cf.: “extrahere religionem ex animis hominum,” id. N. D. 1, 43, 121: “excutere opinionem alicui,” id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111: “omnia malefacta vostra repperi radicitus,” thoroughly, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 62.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 5.1
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 5
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.9
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.43
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.46
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.7
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.33.4
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.3.1
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