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radicitus

radicitus · adv

with the roots

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 21 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

rādīcĭtus — Lewis & Short

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.

In the wild

6 of 32 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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