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.
root (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit., to strike roots, become rooted1. rādīces agere2. rādīcor, 1 (only as gardener's word3. comprehendo, tĕneo (to get hold of the ground, viz. by means of root-fibres)II. Meton., only in p. part. rooted, i. e. rendered motionless, by fear or some other cause.1. expr. by fixus, defixus (strengthened from preced.)2. by stŭpeo, 2, obstŭpesco, 3 (to be or become stupified with amazement, etc.)3. insĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3 (to implant).III. Fig., to be or become r.'d., i. e. firmly established.1. invĕtĕro, 1, or inveterasco, 3, the opinion has become r.'d, inveteravit opinio, Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 12. inhaereo, si, sum, 23. exp. by fīgo, xi, xum, 3 (plant or fix) • root (v.): I. Lit., to strike roots, become rooted: 1. rādīces agere: Ov. R. A. 106 (r. altius agere, to r. the more deeply): Cic. (fig.): also, r. capere, Cato, R. R. 133. Cf. Virg. G. 2, 291, radice ad Tartara tendere, to r. downwards. 2. rādīcor, 1 (only as gardener's word: rare): vine-layers readily r., mergi facile r., Col. 4, 2, 2. 3. comprehendo, tĕneo (to get hold of the ground, viz. by means of root-fibres): v. root, subs. (I., 2). Poet. phr. terrae (= in terra) defigi: Virg. G. 2, 290. II. Meton., only in p. part. rooted, i. e. rendered motionless, by fear or some other cause. 1. expr. by fixus, defixus (strengthened from preced.): the Gauls stood r.d, (to the ground) with fear, pavore defixi steterunt, Liv. 5, 39: I stood r.'d (to the ground), stabam defixus, Calp. 7, 37. 2. by stŭpeo, 2, obstŭpesco, 3 (to be or become stupified with amazement, etc.): cf. Virg. Aen. 1, 495, stupet obtutuque haeret defixus in uno: also, Hor. Od. 2, 13, 13, carminibus stupens (rooted to the spot, lost in admiration): v. amazed, STUPIFIED, TO BE. 3. insĕro, sēvi, sĭtum, 3 (to implant). III. Fig., to be or become r.'d., i. e. firmly established. 1. invĕtĕro, 1, or inveterasco, 3, the opinion has become r.'d, inveteravit opinio, Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 1: a deeply r.'d hatred, invidia inveterata, id. Cluent. 1, 1. 2. inhaereo, si, sum, 2: to be deeply r.'d in the mind, i. in mentibus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33. Join: (opinio) inhaerens et penitus insita, ib. 4, 11, 26. 3. exp. by fīgo, xi, xum, 3 (plant or fix): this evil has r.'d itself so deeply, adeo penitus hoc se malum fixit, Sen. Tranq. 15, 5: if this were not a r.'d principle with me, si mihi non animo fixum ... sederet, Virg. Aen. 4, 15.
ROOT Copy link • ROOT 1. s. PROP., radix: stirps (the root, with the whole of the lower part of a tree). A little root, radicula. To take root, pull up by the roots; Vid: the verb. Figuratively, radix: stirps: causa: semen: fons. [Vid: also, CAUSE, ORIGIN.] In grammar, vocabulum primitivum (grammatical). 2. (itself), v., radicem or radices agere (also IMPROP., Cic., Off., 2, 12, 43), capere or mittere: radicari (only PROP.): in radices exire [radicescere only once, Sen., Ep., 86, fin.] : insidere: inveterascere (figuratively, to become inveterate; the former of something suspected; the latter of a custom or evil). To let anything root itself, favere or alere (figuratively): the tree is deeply rooted, radices arboris altius descenderunt: to be deeply rooted, altissimis radicibus defixum esse: rooted, radicatus: quod radices egit (PROP.): inveteratus: confirmatus: deeply-rooted, penitus defixus (IMPROP.; of faults, etc.): penitus insitus (of an opinion, implanted): there he stood as if rooted in the ground, defixus stabat (†): the Gauls stood as if rooted in the earth by fear, pavor defixerat cum admiratione Gallos. To root out or up, (α) PROP., eradicare: exstirpare: radicitus evellere, extrahere, evellere et extrahere: eruere (dig up): runcare (hoe up weeds). (β) Figuratively, exstirpare: delere: exstinguere: excidere. To root anything up or out thoroughly, alicujus rei radices evellere et extrahere penitus; omnes alicujus rei stirpes ejicere; aliquid funditus tollere. (The words are found in this connection and order.) exstirpare et lunditus tollere (e.g., superstition; the last also of faults, passions, etc.): e natura rerum evellere (annihilate): to root out a nation [Vid: EXTIRPATE]: to root all human feeling out of anybody’s heart, omnem humanitatem ex animo alicujus exstirpare.