radix
See also: Radix
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rādīx (“a root”). Doublet of radish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹeɪ.dɪks/
Noun
radix (plural radixes or radices)
- (biology) A root.
- (linguistics) A primitive word, from which other words may be derived.
- (mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.
Synonyms
- (linguistics): primitive (word), radical word
Derived terms
- (computing): radix-32 (rare), radix-64
Translations
biology: root — see root
linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
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mathematics: number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers
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Further reading
- radix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- radix in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- radix in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wrādīks, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈraː.diːks/, [ˈräːd̪iːks̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈra.diks/, [ˈräːd̪iks]
Noun
rādīx f (genitive rādīcis); third declension
- a root (of a plant)
- a radish
- the lower part of an object; root
- (figuratively) a foundation, basis, ground, origin, source, root
Declension
Note that the genitive plural rādīcum has the alternative form rādicium.Third-declension noun.
Case | 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
- rādīcīna
- rādīcō
- rādīcor
- rādīcōsus
- rādīcula
- rādix grāminis
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: radice (see there for further descendants)
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Ligurian: réixe, réixa, ràixa, raìxa
- Old Lombard: rayxe
- Lombard: raìss, ariss
- Piedmontese: rèis, ràis, rèux
- Romagnol: radìșa
- Friulian: radris
- Romansch: ragisch, risch, rieisch
- Venetian: raìs, raixa
- Gallo-Italic:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: rés, réce, rage
- Old French: raïz
- ⇒ French: raifort (“horseradish”) (+fort 'strong')
- Occitano-Romance:
- Old Catalan: raïu, rahiu
- ⇒ Catalan: raïl (hypercorrection) ⇒ rel (monophthongization) ⇒ arrel (epenthesis)
- Gascon: arraditz, raditz, arraïtz
- Old Occitan: raitz
- Occitan: raiç
- Old Catalan: raïu, rahiu
- Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: radiz
- Asturian: raíz
- Old Portuguese: rayz, raiz
- Galician: raíz
- Portuguese: raiz (see there for further descendants)
- Spanish: raíz; ⇒ raigón
- Ancient borrowings:
- → Proto-Albanian: [Term?]
- Albanian: radhiqe
- → Proto-West Germanic: *rādik (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Albanian: [Term?]
- Later borrowings:
- → English: radix
- → German: Radix
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “radix”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 524
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “radix”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 26
Further reading
- “radix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “radix”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- radix in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- radix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to take root: radices agere (De Off. 2. 12. 73)
- at the foot of the mountain: sub radicibus montis, in infimo monte, sub monte
- to occupy the foot of a hill: considere sub monte (sub montis radicibus)
- to take root: radices agere (De Off. 2. 12. 73)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin radix.
Noun
radix n (plural radixuri)
- a root (of a plant)
Declension
Declension of radix
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) radix | radixul | (niște) radixuri | radixurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) radix | radixului | (unor) radixuri | radixurilor |
vocative | radixule | radixurilor |
References
- radix in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN