radio — Logoi (Latin)

Where it lives

Griphus Ternarii numeri 1 · 9.35/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
In Rufinum 3 · 5.24/10k
Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 2 · 5.05/10k
Hamartigenia 3 · 4.69/10k
Panegyricus dictus Manlio Theodoro consuli 1 · 4.65/10k
Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
Eclogarum Liber 1 · 3.65/10k
Phaedra 2 · 2.81/10k
Achilleis 2 · 2.78/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
Florida 2 · 2.54/10k

Densest 12 of 62 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. radio — de Vaan

radio 'id.' < *ar//-

2. rădĭo — Lewis & Short

rădĭo, āvi, ātum, 1radius. *

I (Acc. to radius, I. B. 1.) V. a., to furnish with spokes: rota radiata, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 15.—

II (Acc. to radius, II.) V. a. and n. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

A Act., to furnish with beams, make beaming, irradiate; only in pass., to be irradiated, to gleam, emit beams.—Lit.: galeae gemmis radientur et auro, Ov. P. 3, 4, 103. — Esp. freq. in the part. perf. and P. a.: rădĭātus, a, um, furnished with rays, irradiated, shining: miles ut adverso Phoebi radiatus ab ictu, irradiated, Luc. 7, 214: rubent radiati lumina solis, shining, Lucr. 5, 462: sol, Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126; cf. also: orbis flammeus solis, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44: lumen (solis), Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 162; Ov. M. 4, 193: insigne diei (i. e. sol), Lucr. 5, 699: caput, surrounded with a halo or nimbus (the attribute of deities and deified personages), Plin. Pan. 52; cf. corona, Suet. Aug. 94 med.: splendor radiatus lampade solis, Sil. 7, 143.—

B Neutr., to emit beams, to beam, shine, radiate.

1 Lit.: felium in tenebris fulgent radiantque oculi, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150; cf. Ov. Am. 3, 3, 9; id. M. 2, 4: miles radiabat in armis, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 27. Sil. 8, 468: radiabunt tempora nati (of the halo of deified personages, v. supra, A.), Sil. 3, 629; 2, 586. — Freq. in part. pres.: rădĭans, beaming, shining: lumina solis, Ov. Tr. 2, 325: sidera, Lucr. 4, 214; Ov. M. 7, 325; 9, 272: Aquarius, Cic. Arat. 172: luna, Verg. A. 8, 23: aurum, Ov. M. 4, 636; cf.: galea claro ab auro, id. ib. 13, 105: templa auro, id. A. A. 3, 451: arma, Verg. A. 8, 616: carbunculi pinnato fulgore, Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 93. —

2 Trop., to shine, radiate: quasi de industriă prospera ejus (fortuna) adversis radiaret, Flor. 4, 2, 30 Halm. (Duker, radiarentur): ipsi inter medios roseā radiante juventā, Val. Fl. 8, 257: constitutio, quae inter imperiales radiat sanctiones, Just. Inst. 1, 5, 3: radiantia signa, asterisks, Hier. praef. in Psa.

In the wild

radio Ovid, Fasti 3.819
radiauit Silius Italicus, Punica 2.211
radio Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 32.8.p2
radiant Claudian, Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1.118
radiante Statius, Thebais 6.385
radiabat Silius Italicus, Punica 8.466

6 of 130 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. radio (scan p. 69; entry #99). Root candidates: *hierhrtro-, *h2erh3-, *arft-.