The corpus record — Latin

radico

radico · v. n

to strike root

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Where it lives

Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

rādīco — Lewis & Short

rādīco, āvi, 1, v. n., and rādīcor, ātus, 1,

I v. dep. n. [id.], to strike root, take root (post-Aug.).

I Lit.

1 Form radico, Cassiod. H. E. 2, 6. —

2 Form radicor: mergi facile radicantur, Col. 4, 2, 2; Plin. 13, 4, 8, § 36; 18, 7, 10, § 51 al.—Hence, rādīcātus, a, um, having roots: semina, Col. Arb. 20 fin.; Pall. Febr. 10, 1; 18, 1; 19, 2 al.—

II Trop.: et radicavi in populo honorificato (i. e. ego sapientia), have found a home, struck root, Vulg. Ecclus. 24, 16: in caritate radicati et fundati, id. Eph. 3, 17. —rādīcātus, a, um, rooted, Sid. Ep. 5, 10 fin.

In the wild

radicentur Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4.2.2
radicantur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.7.p3
radicatur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.8.p12
radicantur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 19.6.p1
radicatur Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 13.4.p2

Where it came from

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