root (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. rādix, īcis, f.2. stirps, pis, f. (trunk, stock)II. Fig.1. fons, ntis, m. (fountain, source or spring)2. ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f.3. of a word • root (subs.): I. Lit.: 1. rādix, īcis, f.: a pine torn up by the r.s, radicibus eruta pinus, Virg. Aen. 5, 449: they cling together by common r.s, communibus inter se radicibus haerent, Lucr. 3, 326: true glory sends forth r.s, radices agit, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43: from the r. (base) of the Palatine hill, a Palatii radice, id. Div. 1, 45, 101: of the tongue: Ov. Met. 6, 557: of a word: Varr. L. L. 5, 3. Phr.: by the r., rādīcĭtus, Col. 6, 3, 1: to pluck up evils by the r.s, mala radicitus evellere, Lucr. 3, 311. To take r.: (1) coălesco, ui, 3 (to grow well together): until the new branch takes r. in the bark, dum novus in viridi coalescit cortice ramus, Ov. A. A. 2, 649: an ilex had taken r. between the stones, coaluerat inter saxa, Sall. Jug. 93. (2) comprehendo, di, sum, 3 (to lay hold with the fibres of the roots): when the sucker has taken r., quum comprehendit (surculus), Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6: although the stocks take r. easily, quamvis stirpes celeriter comprehendant, Col. 3, 5, 1. (3) tĕneo, ui, tentum, 2 (like preced.): when the vine has taken r., quum tenuerit, Col. 5, 6, 18: ib. 3, 11, 10. 2. stirps, pis, f. (trunk, stock): to pluck up the white hairs by the r., vellere ... albos a stirpe capillos, Prop. 3, 23, 33. II. Fig.: 1. fons, ntis, m. (fountain, source or spring): that was the r. of this evil, is fons mali hujusce fuit, Liv. 39, 15: of a word: Varr. L. L. 5, 17, 92. 2. ŏrīgo, ĭnis, f.: sprung from the r. of a Roman stock, ab origine ultima stirpis Romanae generatus, Nep. Att. 1: of a word: Varr. L. L. 5, 92. 3. of a word: băsis: Non. Marc. 2, p. 79.