radix
See also: Radix
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: rādĭks, 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 10 for decimal.
Derived terms
- (computing): radix-32 (rare), radix-64
Translations
biology: root — see root
linguistics: word from which other words may be derived
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. Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥάδιξ (rhádix, “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
Inflection
Note that the genitive plural rādīcum has the alternative form rādicium. Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rādīx | rādīcēs |
Genitive | rādīcis | rādīcum |
Dative | rādīcī | rādīcibus |
Accusative | rādīcem | rādīcēs |
Ablative | rādīce | rādīcibus |
Vocative | rādīx | rādīcēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Navarro-Aragonese: [Term?]
- Aragonese: radiz
- Old Leonese: [Term?]
- Asturian: raíz
- Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Old Portuguese: rayz, raiz
- Old Spanish: [Term?]
- Spanish: raíz
- Venetian: raìs
- → Old High German: rātih
- ⇒ Latin: rādīce (ablative singular)
- ⇒ Late Latin: radīcīna (diminutive)
- → English: radix
- → German: Radix
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References
- 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, 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)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 512
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